4.0 earthquake reported northeast of Ohio

A rare earthquake rocked northeastern Ohio on Monday, recording 4.0 on the Richter scale, officials said.

According to the United States Geological Survey, the quake occurred about 2.5 km northwest of Eastlake, Ohio, and was fired at approximately 10:50 am ET. Eastlake is 18 miles northeast of Cleveland.

"I felt shaken but heard something different from normal," tweeted a meteorologist Betsy Kling from WKYC, affiliated with NBC.

No immediate cases of major damage or serious injury have been reported.

"We felt it !! The eyes open everyone!" the city of Eastlake tweeted. "We are aware of magnitude 4.0 earthquake. Please, DO NOT call the dispatch except in case of emergency. They are overwhelmed with calls. "

According to the spokesman of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Eric Heis, three aftershocks were felt in the hour that followed, between 2.1 and 2.5.

A representative for the Perry Nuclear Power Plant, located about 20 miles north of Eastlake, told WKYC that the inspectors had found "no abnormal or unusual indication" in the aftermath of the earthquake and that it was "designed to withstand a magnitude 6 earthquake on the factory site ".

The last earthquake of this magnitude in the region occurred on January 31, 1986, when a 5.0 km earthquake struck just east of Cleveland, according to WKYC and WKYC records. # 39; State.

According to the state, there were only two wounded: a woman suffering from a ceiling cut and a child injured by minor cuts.