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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

16 km NE of Eton, Georgia

· 6.5 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Murray County 18 kmPolk County 21 kmBradley County 30 kmFannin County 32 kmWhitfield County 33 kmGilmer County 33 kmCatoosa County 45 kmGordon County 52 kmMcMinn County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
6.5 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Murray County, 18 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1710 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 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 34.9427, -84.6518. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Murray County, GA 18 km (11 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Murray County
Polk County, TN 21 km (13 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Bradley County, TN 30 km (19 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Bradley County
Fannin County, GA 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Fannin County
Whitfield County, GA 33 km (20 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Gilmer County, GA 33 km (21 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Gilmer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 12 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 5 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  3. 1.8 4 km SE of Apison, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 6 km ENE of Etowah, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 1 km WSW of Collegedale, Tennessee
  6. 2.2 2 km S of Ringgold, Georgia
  7. 2.0 4 km SSW of Benton, Tennessee
  8. 2.5 4 km N of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  9. 2.0 10 km SSW of Chatsworth, Georgia
  10. 2.4 9 km NE of Eton, Georgia
  11. 1.8 11 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  12. 2.2 4 km WSW of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  13. 2.0 3 km ESE of Etowah, Tennessee
  14. 2.1 11 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  15. 1.9 11 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee

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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