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Earthquakes in Georgia

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Georgia was M 2.6, 8 km N of Menlo, Georgia, at 8:00 am EST on 25 February 2025, 10 km deep. 43 people reported feeling it to USGS. 31 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Georgia since.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in Georgia in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
1
Last 30 days
2 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 1.2
Last 12 months
14 · largest M 2.4 on 22 August 2026
Since 2016
163 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 3.9 on 18 June 2022, 7 km E of Stillmore, Georgia

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Georgia, where USGS names the state in the location

52

Typical QuakeIndex 52 / 100

1 quake of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Georgia. Normal for here is 0 to 2 in a week.

Compared against Georgia's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

If you felt one

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The last 30 days

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Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.9–M2.3), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Live · last 7 days

Latest earthquakes in Georgia

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The last 7 days on the map

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Every earthquake in Georgia in the last 7 days, from the USGS feed. Colour and size are magnitude; tap one for its page.

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Largest on record in and around Georgia

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 3.9 7 km E of Stillmore, Georgia
M 3.6 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.5 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.4 6 km E of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.3 5 km SSW of Lugoff, South Carolina
M 3.3 5 km ESE of Elgin, South Carolina
M 3.2 6 km SW of Augusta, Georgia
M 3.1 7 km SSE of Sewanee, Tennessee

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Georgia, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Georgia since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists no earthquake of M5 or more in Georgia.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The most active counties in Georgia

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Rabun County 169 Quiet (0)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Counties in Georgia

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.