Earthquake detected overnight in Ohio in Shelby County area

Credit: Hancock, Aimee (COP-Dayton)

Credit: Hancock, Aimee (COP-Dayton)

According to the United States Geological Survey website, people in the immediate and surrounding area reported having felt the earthquake. Most reported some light shaking, with no reports of damage.

Earthquakes in the central and eastern U.S., although less frequent than in the western U.S., are typically felt over a much broader region. A magnitude 4.0 eastern U.S. earthquake typically can be felt at many places as far as 60 miles from where it occurred, according to the USGS.