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M 2.3md

8 km E of Washington, Georgia

· 5.3 km deep · released about 77 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Wilkes County 10 kmLincoln County 19 kmTaliaferro County 30 kmMcDuffie County 34 kmMcCormick County 35 kmWarren County 38 kmOglethorpe County 41 kmColumbia County 43 kmElbert County 44 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Wilkes County, 10 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1912 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 77 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 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 77 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 33.7503, -82.6480. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Wilkes County, GA 10 km (6 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Wilkes County
Lincoln County, GA 19 km (12 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Lincoln County
Taliaferro County, GA 30 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Taliaferro County
McDuffie County, GA 34 km (21 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near McDuffie County
McCormick County, SC 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near McCormick County
Warren County, GA 38 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Warren County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km WNW of McCormick, South Carolina
  2. 2.1 5 km NNE of Calhoun Falls, South Carolina
  3. 1.9 4 km N of Washington, Georgia
  4. 1.9 14 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  5. 2.1 7 km SSW of West Warrenton, Georgia
  6. 1.7 11 km N of Harlem, Georgia
  7. 1.9 12 km N of Harlem, Georgia
  8. 1.8 14 km WNW of Evans, Georgia
  9. 1.9 14 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  10. 2.0 14 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  11. 2.2 9 km SE of Lincolnton, Georgia
  12. 2.1 8 km NE of Parksville, South Carolina
  13. 2.1 15 km NW of Grovetown, Georgia
  14. 2.2 15 km N of Harlem, Georgia
  15. 2.0 9 km NE of Lincolnton, 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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