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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

2 km ESE of Stockbridge, Georgia

· 1.9 km deep · released about 74 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Henry County 11 kmClayton County 19 kmRockdale County 21 kmDeKalb County 26 kmFayette County 30 kmSpalding County 32 kmNewton County 33 kmButts County 36 kmFulton County 37 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
1.9 km below the surface
Felt
321 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Henry County, 11 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1631 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 321 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 74 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 5.8 200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 140,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 74 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 33.5387, -84.2062. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Henry County, GA 11 km (7 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Henry County
Clayton County, GA 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Clayton County
Rockdale County, GA 21 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Rockdale County
DeKalb County, GA 26 km (16 mi) S of here earthquakes near DeKalb County
Fayette County, GA 30 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Fayette County
Spalding County, GA 32 km (20 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Spalding County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 2 km S of Forest Park, Georgia
  2. 2.3 3 km N of Lilburn, Georgia
  3. 2.5 13 km NE of Jackson, Georgia
  4. 2.1 1 km N of Lilburn, Georgia
  5. 2.3 2 km N of Lilburn, 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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