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M 2.4md

12 km W of Gray, Georgia

· 1.6 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jones County 10 kmBibb County 21 kmMonroe County 24 kmJasper County 36 kmBaldwin County 38 kmButts County 43 kmTwiggs County 43 kmCrawford County 44 kmPutnam County 45 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
1.6 km below the surface
Felt
12 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Jones County, 10 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2930 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 12 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 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 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 80,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 32.9970, -83.6615. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Jones County, GA 10 km (6 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Jones County
Bibb County, GA 21 km (13 mi) N of here earthquakes near Bibb County
Monroe County, GA 24 km (15 mi) E of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Jasper County, GA 36 km (22 mi) S of here earthquakes near Jasper County
Baldwin County, GA 38 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near Baldwin County
Butts County, GA 43 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Butts County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 13 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  2. 2.0 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  3. 1.8 14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
  4. 2.1 15 km NNW of Milledgeville, Georgia
  5. 2.3 15 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  6. 2.3 7 km NW of West Point, Georgia
  7. 2.3 14 km NNE of Milledgeville, Georgia
  8. 2.2 15 km N of Milledgeville, Georgia
  9. 2.5 13 km NE of Jackson, Georgia
  10. 2.3 7 km NNE of Macon, Georgia
  11. 2.2 14 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  12. 2.1 12 km SE of Eatonton, Georgia
  13. 2.3 14 km SSE 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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