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M 2.3md

14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia

· 4.5 km deep · released about 79 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Putnam County 14 kmBaldwin County 17 kmHancock County 29 kmJones County 32 kmJasper County 37 kmGreene County 43 kmMorgan County 47 kmWilkinson County 47 kmWashington County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
65 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Putnam County, 14 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2668 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 65 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 33.2103, -83.3085. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Putnam County, GA 14 km (8 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Putnam County
Baldwin County, GA 17 km (11 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Hancock County, GA 29 km (18 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Jones County, GA 32 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jones County
Jasper County, GA 37 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Jasper County
Greene County, GA 43 km (27 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Greene County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

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