Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.4md
13 km ESE of Homer, Georgia
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.4 (md)
- Depth
- 0.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Banks County, 14 km WNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2846 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 86,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 34.3002, -83.3597. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banks County, GA | 14 km (9 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Banks County |
| Franklin County, GA | 15 km (9 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Franklin County |
| Madison County, GA | 24 km (15 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Madison County |
| Jackson County, GA | 27 km (16 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Stephens County, GA | 29 km (18 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Stephens County |
| Hart County, GA | 37 km (23 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Hart 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.
- 2.1 5 km WNW of Reed Creek, Georgia
- 2.3 5 km E of Bowersville, Georgia
- 2.3 4 km WNW of Reed Creek, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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