Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
3 km SE of Camden on Gauley, West Virginia
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Webster County, 19 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3328 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 31 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 480,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 340,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 31× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 31 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 38.3458, -80.5685. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webster County, WV | 19 km (11 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Webster County |
| Nicholas County, WV | 21 km (13 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Nicholas County |
| Braxton County, WV | 42 km (26 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Braxton County |
| Clay County, WV | 46 km (29 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Clay County |
| Greenbrier County, WV | 48 km (30 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Greenbrier County |
| Pocahontas County, WV | 49 km (30 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Pocahontas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.5 6 km NW of Tioga, West Virginia
- 2.3 7 km NNE of Falling Spring, West Virginia
- 2.3 7 km N of Richwood, West Virginia
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
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- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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