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M 2.2md

14 km W of Mount Zion, Georgia

· 9.9 km deep · released about 62 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hancock County 20 kmPutnam County 21 kmGreene County 22 kmTaliaferro County 33 kmBaldwin County 37 kmMorgan County 40 kmWarren County 45 kmJasper County 50 kmGlascock County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
9.9 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hancock County, 20 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2532 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 62 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 240,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 62 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 33.3825, -83.1612. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hancock County, GA 20 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Putnam County, GA 21 km (13 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Putnam County
Greene County, GA 22 km (13 mi) S of here earthquakes near Greene County
Taliaferro County, GA 33 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Taliaferro County
Baldwin County, GA 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Morgan County, GA 40 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Morgan County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 7 km SSW of West Warrenton, 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. 2.0 8 km NNE of Buckhead, 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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