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M 2.3md

4 km SSE of Verona, Virginia

· 12 km deep · released about 98 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Staunton city 6 kmAugusta County 13 kmWaynesboro city 13 kmHarrisonburg city 32 kmRockingham County 40 kmAlbemarle County 42 kmNelson County 43 kmCharlottesville city 47 kmGreene County 48 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Staunton city, 6 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1744 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 98 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 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 98 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 38.1608, -78.9965. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Staunton city, VA 6 km (4 mi) E of here earthquakes near Staunton city
Augusta County, VA 13 km (8 mi) E of here earthquakes near Augusta County
Waynesboro city, VA 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Waynesboro city
Harrisonburg city, VA 32 km (20 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Harrisonburg city
Rockingham County, VA 40 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Rockingham County
Albemarle County, VA 42 km (26 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Albemarle County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 0 km NNE of Stuarts Draft, Virginia
  2. 2.4 2 km NW of Stuarts Draft, Virginia
  3. 2.2 2 km NW of Stuarts Draft, Virginia

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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