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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

4 km SW of Davisboro, Georgia

· 10.0 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Washington County 14 kmJefferson County 24 kmJohnson County 29 kmGlascock County 31 kmHancock County 48 kmWarren County 51 kmEmanuel County 52 kmWilkinson County 52 kmBaldwin County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
10.0 km below the surface
Felt
52 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Washington County, 14 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2317 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 52 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 32.9538, -82.6473. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Washington County, GA 14 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Washington County
Jefferson County, GA 24 km (15 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Johnson County, GA 29 km (18 mi) N of here earthquakes near Johnson County
Glascock County, GA 31 km (19 mi) S of here earthquakes near Glascock County
Hancock County, GA 48 km (30 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Warren County, GA 51 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Warren County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 7 km SSW of West Warrenton, Georgia
  2. 2.5 2 km W of Sparta, 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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