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Every recorded earthquake within 30 km

Earthquakes near Rossville, GA

No earthquake was likely felt in Rossville in the 24 hours to 9:37 am EST (14:37 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 21 km (13 mi) SSW, at 8:18 pm EDT on 16 June 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town.

M 2.5

Latest: 7:22 am EDT on 14 March 2021 · 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Rossville was M 2.5, 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA, at 7:22 am EDT on 14 March 2021, 17 km deep. 8 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Rossville was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 21 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Rossville since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Rossville in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 3 months
Last 12 months
2 · largest M 2.1 on 16 June 2026
Since 2016
49 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 2.7 on 7 January 2018, 9 km (6 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA
Reported felt
31 of them have felt reports to USGS

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 13 Oct 28 Nov 11
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 49

  1. 2.1 21 km (13 mi) SSW of Rossville, GA
  2. 2.1 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA
  3. 2.0 20 km (12 mi) WSW of Rossville, GA
  4. 2.3 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Rossville, GA · felt by 2
  5. 2.4 27 km (17 mi) E of Rossville, GA · felt by 24
  6. 2.2 27 km (17 mi) SSW of Rossville, GA
  7. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) E of Rossville, GA
  8. 2.0 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  9. 1.8 15 km (9 mi) S of Rossville, GA
  10. 2.2 19 km (12 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA · felt by 2
  11. 2.5 25 km (16 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA · felt by 4
  12. 2.1 22 km (13 mi) SSE of Rossville, GA
  13. 2.2 26 km (16 mi) SE of Rossville, GA
  14. 1.9 25 km (15 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  15. 2.2 16 km (10 mi) E of Rossville, GA · felt by 3
  16. 1.9 12 km (8 mi) SSE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  17. 2.3 22 km (13 mi) SE of Rossville, GA
  18. 2.2 26 km (16 mi) NE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  19. 2.3 25 km (16 mi) NW of Rossville, GA
  20. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Rossville, GA · felt by 2
  21. 2.3 26 km (16 mi) SSW of Rossville, GA
  22. 2.5 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA · felt by 8
  23. 2.1 30 km (19 mi) SE of Rossville, GA · felt by 6
  24. 2.4 26 km (16 mi) SE of Rossville, GA · felt by 5
  25. 2.3 26 km (16 mi) NE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  26. 2.2 15 km (9 mi) SSW of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  27. 2.3 9 km (6 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  28. 2.7 15 km (9 mi) SSW of Rossville, GA · felt by 11
  29. 1.6 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA
  30. 1.9 25 km (16 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA · felt by 7
  31. 2.4 19 km (12 mi) WNW of Rossville, GA · felt by 2
  32. 2.2 24 km (15 mi) E of Rossville, GA
  33. 2.3 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Rossville, GA · felt by 4
  34. 2.6 18 km (11 mi) SSE of Rossville, GA · felt by 11
  35. 2.5 8 km (5 mi) NE of Rossville, GA · felt by 10
  36. 2.2 23 km (14 mi) WSW of Rossville, GA
  37. 2.6 30 km (18 mi) S of Rossville, GA · felt by 7
  38. 2.2 28 km (17 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  39. 2.7 9 km (6 mi) ESE of Rossville, GA · felt by 109
  40. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) SE of Rossville, GA
  41. 2.1 28 km (18 mi) SE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  42. 2.2 27 km (16 mi) S of Rossville, GA
  43. 2.4 19 km (12 mi) NNE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  44. 2.5 22 km (14 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA · felt by 3
  45. 2.0 25 km (15 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA
  46. 2.4 22 km (14 mi) SE of Rossville, GA · felt by 11
  47. 2.1 23 km (15 mi) ENE of Rossville, GA · felt by 1
  48. 2.2 17 km (10 mi) WNW of Rossville, GA · felt by 2
  49. 2.5 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Rossville, GA

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Rossville time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Rossville are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Rossville; dots are the 49 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Rossville

The strongest shaking in Rossville from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 2.7 on 7 January 2018, 9 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Rossville (est.)
M 2.7 9 kmIII · Weak · felt by 109
M 2.7 15 kmIII · Weak · felt by 11
M 2.6 18 kmIII · Weak · felt by 11
M 2.5 8 kmIII · Weak · felt by 10
M 2.5 16 kmII · Weak · felt by 8

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Rossville.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Be ready

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