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M 2.4md

14 km ESE of LaFayette, Georgia

· 11 km deep · released about 120 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Walker County, 17 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3466 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 120 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 130,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 89,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 120 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 34.6635, -85.1365. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Walker County, GA 17 km (11 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Walker County
Whitfield County, GA 22 km (13 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Catoosa County, GA 26 km (16 mi) S of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Chattooga County, GA 28 km (18 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Chattooga County
Gordon County, GA 30 km (18 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Gordon County
Murray County, GA 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Murray County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 0 km NW of LaFayette, Georgia
  2. 1.7 2 km ESE of Dalton, Georgia
  3. 2.0 16 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  4. 2.3 3 km WSW of Trenton, Georgia
  5. 2.3 8 km NW of Linwood, Georgia
  6. 2.1 10 km ENE of Mentone, Alabama
  7. 2.5 5 km NNE of East Brainerd, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 4 km S of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  9. 2.4 9 km SW of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  10. 2.0 5 km S of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  11. 2.5 9 km SW of Wildwood Lake, TN
  12. 1.5 8.3 km NE of Wildwood Lake, TN
  13. 2.2 5 km WSW of Chickamauga, Georgia
  14. 2.3 2 km WSW of Indian Springs, Georgia
  15. 2.5 5 km S of Tunnel Hill, 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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