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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.3md

14 km NNE of Milledgeville, Georgia

· 0.0 km deep · released about 91 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Baldwin County 17 kmHancock County 20 kmPutnam County 21 kmJones County 40 kmGreene County 41 kmWilkinson County 45 kmWashington County 45 kmJasper County 47 kmTaliaferro County 49 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
0.0 km below the surface
Felt
27 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Baldwin County, 17 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1353 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 27 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 91 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 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 10× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 91 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 33.2062, -83.1977. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Baldwin County, GA 17 km (11 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Hancock County, GA 20 km (12 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Putnam County, GA 21 km (13 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Putnam County
Jones County, GA 40 km (25 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Jones County
Greene County, GA 41 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Greene County
Wilkinson County, GA 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Wilkinson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 7 km SSW of West Warrenton, Georgia
  2. 2.2 13 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  3. 2.0 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  4. 2.5 2 km W of Sparta, Georgia
  5. 1.8 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  6. 2.1 15 km NNW of Milledgeville, Georgia
  7. 2.3 15 km SE of Eatonton, 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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