The September 27, 1909 earthquake
M5.1Wabash River Valley, Indiana
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake, centred in Parke County. The strongest in Indiana’s record since 1900, and the strongest within 50 miles in the catalogue, which runs from 1900.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 5.1
- as reported (mfa)
- Depth
- —
- Not recorded
- Local time
- Monday, September 27, 1909
- 04:45 EST; 09:45 UTC
- In Indiana’s record
- 1st
- strongest of 36 since 1900
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, event ushis492 (“Wabash River Valley, Indiana”). The USGS event page carries the ShakeMap, felt reports and the official summary.
Counties and cities within 50 miles
Distance from the epicentre to each county boundary (zero when inside) and to each city centre.
Counties
- Parke CountyIN · inside
- Montgomery CountyIN · 7.4 mi
- Vermillion CountyIN · 9.2 mi
- Putnam CountyIN · 11.1 mi
- Fountain CountyIN · 12.1 mi
- Vigo CountyIN · 13.3 mi
- Clay CountyIN · 13.3 mi
- Edgar CountyIL · 18.6 mi
- Vermilion CountyIL · 18.6 mi
- Warren CountyIN · 25.1 mi
- Owen CountyIN · 26.5 mi
- Boone CountyIN · 28.1 mi
- Hendricks CountyIN · 28.1 mi
- Clark CountyIL · 28.4 mi
- Tippecanoe CountyIN · 29.2 mi
- Morgan CountyIN · 32.0 mi
- Clinton CountyIN · 37.4 mi
- Sullivan CountyIN · 37.4 mi
- Douglas CountyIL · 39.1 mi
- Champaign CountyIL · 39.5 mi
- Coles CountyIL · 41.5 mi
- Monroe CountyIN · 42.2 mi
- Greene CountyIN · 43.5 mi
- Benton CountyIN · 47.0 mi
- Marion CountyIN · 47.1 mi
- Crawford CountyIL · 49.9 mi
Cities, largest first
- LafayetteIN · 45.1 mi
- Terre HauteIN · 25.0 mi
- West LafayetteIN · 46.8 mi
- PlainfieldIN · 44.5 mi
- BrownsburgIN · 43.3 mi
- ZionsvilleIN · 48.4 mi
- DanvilleIL · 32.1 mi
- AvonIN · 42.9 mi
- LebanonIN · 42.4 mi
- FrankfortIN · 48.2 mi
- CrawfordsvilleIN · 23.1 mi
- WhitestownIN · 45.5 mi
Earthquakes around the epicentre
7 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles of this epicentre since 1973.
No earlier earthquake of magnitude 5 or more within 50 miles in the catalogue since 1900.
USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog. Local time is the time zone of the county nearest the epicentre. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them.