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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

16 km ENE of Hiltonia, Georgia

· 1.3 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Allendale County 13 kmScreven County 26 kmBarnwell County 34 kmHampton County 39 kmJenkins County 47 kmBurke County 47 kmBamberg County 50 kmBulloch County 67 kmAiken County 67 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
1.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Allendale County, 13 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2285 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 32.9595, -81.5052. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Allendale County, SC 13 km (8 mi) W of here earthquakes near Allendale County
Screven County, GA 26 km (16 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Screven County
Barnwell County, SC 34 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Barnwell County
Hampton County, SC 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hampton County
Jenkins County, GA 47 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Jenkins County
Burke County, GA 47 km (30 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Burke County

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

Aftershocks so far

1 earthquake has been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.9 11 km SE of Jackson, South Carolina

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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