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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

16 km SE of LaFayette, Georgia

· 9.9 km deep · released about 170 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
9.9 km below the surface
Felt
14 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Walker County, 21 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3335 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 170 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 89,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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 34.6145, -85.1323. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Walker County, GA 21 km (13 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Walker County
Chattooga County, GA 25 km (16 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Chattooga County
Whitfield County, GA 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Gordon County, GA 26 km (16 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Gordon County
Catoosa County, GA 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Floyd County, GA 40 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near Floyd County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 2 km WNW of Menlo, Georgia
  2. 1.5 12 km E of Mentone, Alabama
  3. 2.0 8 km N of Trion, Georgia
  4. 1.5 13 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  5. 2.0 13 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  6. 2.3 13 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  7. 2.2 13 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  8. 2.2 2 km NW of Eton, Georgia
  9. 1.9 0 km NW of LaFayette, Georgia
  10. 1.7 2 km ESE of Dalton, Georgia
  11. 2.0 16 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  12. 2.3 3 km WSW of Trenton, Georgia
  13. 2.3 8 km NW of Linwood, Georgia
  14. 2.1 10 km ENE of Mentone, Alabama
  15. 2.5 5 km NNE of East Brainerd, 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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