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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

7 km NW of Broomtown, Alabama

· 13 km deep · released about 220 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Chattooga County 21 kmDeKalb County 22 kmFloyd County 37 kmCherokee County 39 kmWalker County 43 kmDade County 49 kmJackson County 54 kmPolk County 58 kmEtowah County 59 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Chattooga County, 21 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3330 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 220 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 68,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 48,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 220 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 34.4157, -85.5663. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Chattooga County, GA 21 km (13 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Chattooga County
DeKalb County, AL 22 km (14 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near DeKalb County
Floyd County, GA 37 km (23 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Floyd County
Cherokee County, AL 39 km (24 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Walker County, GA 43 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Walker County
Dade County, GA 49 km (30 mi) S of here earthquakes near Dade County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 4 km SW of LaFayette, Georgia
  2. 1.7 6 km W of Linwood, Georgia
  3. 2.3 6 km WSW of Linwood, Georgia
  4. 2.2 6 km WNW of Linwood, Georgia
  5. 2.1 5 km E of Trion, Georgia
  6. 2.2 8 km N of Menlo, Georgia
  7. 2.6 8 km N of Menlo, Georgia
  8. 2.3 6 km WSW of Linwood, Georgia
  9. 1.9 5 km E of LaFayette, Georgia
  10. 2.3 0 km NNE of Section, Alabama
  11. 2.0 2 km WNW of Menlo, Georgia
  12. 2.4 2 km WNW of Menlo, Georgia
  13. 1.5 12 km E of Mentone, Alabama
  14. 2.0 8 km N of Trion, Georgia
  15. 1.9 0 km NW of LaFayette, 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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