Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Ottawa
Ottawa, Illinois, United States · population 18,342. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year2M2.5+
Since 19004M4.5+, 0 of them M6+
How often M6+—none on record nearby
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Ottawa. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 5.1 Wabash River Valley, Indiana Sep 27, 1909
- 5.0 Near Aurora, Illinois May 26, 1909
- 4.5 Between Morris and Yorkville, Illinois Jan 2, 1912
- 4.5 Near Petersburg, Illinois Jul 19, 1909
- 4.2 12 km NW of Dayton, Illinois Jun 28, 2004
- 3.8 Illinois-Indiana border region Jun 17, 2021
- 3.8 4 km NW of Ohlman, Illinois Jan 20, 2026
- 3.8 6 km SE of Greentown, Indiana Dec 30, 2010
- 3.8 2 km NW of Lily Lake, Illinois Feb 10, 2010
- 3.6 1 km SSW of Standard, Illinois Nov 15, 2023
The latest nearby
- 2.9 21 km ENE of Kenilworth, Illinois Jul 8, 2026
- 3.8 4 km NW of Ohlman, Illinois Jan 20, 2026
- 3.3 7 km SSW of Lerna, Illinois May 13, 2025
- 2.6 6 km W of Dwight, Illinois Mar 15, 2025
- 3.1 2 km WNW of Somonauk, Illinois Jul 15, 2024
- 3.6 1 km SSW of Standard, Illinois Nov 15, 2023
- 2.5 7 km ESE of Linden, Indiana Oct 31, 2023
- 2.6 6 km SSE of Herrick, Illinois Oct 26, 2023
- 3.8 Illinois-Indiana border region Jun 17, 2021
- 3.1 9 km SSE of Mulberry Grove, Illinois Jul 1, 2017
- 2.9 3 km WNW of Lake in the Hills, Illinois Mar 25, 2015
- 3.2 1 km SSW of Lyons, Illinois Nov 4, 2013
- 2.6 4 km NNE of Virgil, Illinois Jun 10, 2013
- 3.0 5 km NE of Topeka, Indiana Jan 26, 2012
- 3.8 6 km SE of Greentown, Indiana Dec 30, 2010