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M 2.5md

6 km WSW of Sparta, Georgia

· 9.5 km deep · released about 180 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hancock County 4 kmBaldwin County 30 kmPutnam County 31 kmTaliaferro County 36 kmGreene County 37 kmWarren County 38 kmWashington County 40 kmGlascock County 41 kmWilkinson County 53 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
9.5 km below the surface
Felt
71 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Hancock County, 4 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3383 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 71 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 86,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 61,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 33.2633, -83.0432. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hancock County, GA 4 km (2 mi) W of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Baldwin County, GA 30 km (19 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Putnam County, GA 31 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Putnam County
Taliaferro County, GA 36 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Taliaferro County
Greene County, GA 37 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Greene County
Warren County, GA 38 km (23 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Warren County

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

Aftershocks so far

16 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
  8. 2.3 14 km NNE of Milledgeville, Georgia
  9. 2.2 15 km N of Milledgeville, Georgia
  10. 2.0 8 km NNE of Buckhead, Georgia
  11. 2.2 14 km W of Mount Zion, Georgia
  12. 2.2 14 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  13. 2.1 12 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  14. 2.3 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  15. 2.5 7 km ENE of Ivey, 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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