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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

7 km ENE of Ivey, Georgia

· 1.6 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wilkinson County 14 kmBaldwin County 16 kmJones County 34 kmTwiggs County 35 kmWashington County 39 kmHancock County 43 kmBibb County 46 kmPutnam County 47 kmBleckley County 55 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
1.6 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Wilkinson County, 14 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3326 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 160 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 92,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 65,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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 32.9230, -83.2173. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wilkinson County, GA 14 km (9 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Wilkinson County
Baldwin County, GA 16 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Jones County, GA 34 km (21 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jones County
Twiggs County, GA 35 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Twiggs County
Washington County, GA 39 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Hancock County, GA 43 km (27 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Hancock County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 16 km NNW of Cochran, Georgia
  2. 2.2 13 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  3. 2.0 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  4. 2.5 2 km W of Sparta, Georgia
  5. 1.8 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  6. 2.1 15 km NNW of Milledgeville, Georgia
  7. 2.3 15 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  8. 2.3 14 km NNE of Milledgeville, Georgia
  9. 2.2 15 km N of Milledgeville, Georgia
  10. 2.3 7 km NNE of Macon, Georgia
  11. 2.2 14 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  12. 2.1 12 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  13. 2.3 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  14. 2.4 12 km W of Gray, Georgia

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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