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M 2.5md

3 km NE of Evans, Georgia

· 8.2 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Columbia County 13 kmRichmond County 21 kmEdgefield County 29 kmMcDuffie County 36 kmLincoln County 42 kmMcCormick County 43 kmAiken County 44 kmWarren County 55 kmBurke County 56 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
8.2 km below the surface
Felt
20 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Columbia County, 13 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3365 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 20 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 lb of TNT

Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.

Where

Epicentre 33.5525, -82.1045. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Columbia County, GA 13 km (8 mi) E of here earthquakes near Columbia County
Richmond County, GA 21 km (13 mi) N of here earthquakes near Richmond County
Edgefield County, SC 29 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Edgefield County
McDuffie County, GA 36 km (22 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McDuffie County
Lincoln County, GA 42 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
McCormick County, SC 43 km (27 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near McCormick County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

20 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 2 km WNW of McCormick, South Carolina
  2. 1.9 14 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  3. 2.7 11 km ENE of Parksville, South Carolina
  4. 1.7 11 km N of Harlem, Georgia
  5. 1.9 12 km N of Harlem, Georgia
  6. 1.8 14 km WNW of Evans, Georgia
  7. 1.9 14 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  8. 2.0 14 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  9. 2.2 9 km SE of Lincolnton, Georgia
  10. 2.1 8 km NE of Parksville, South Carolina
  11. 2.1 15 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  12. 2.2 15 km N of Harlem, Georgia
  13. 2.0 9 km NE of Lincolnton, Georgia
  14. 1.8 16 km NNE of Thomson, Georgia
  15. 2.4 Georgia, USA

Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.

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