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M 2.3md

3 km W of Trenton, Georgia

· 9.2 km deep · released about 82 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Dade County, 4 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1888 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 82 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 180,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 82 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 34.8733, -85.5448. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dade County, GA 4 km (3 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Dade County
Walker County, GA 27 km (17 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Walker County
Marion County, TN 29 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Marion County
Catoosa County, GA 37 km (23 mi) W of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Jackson County, AL 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Hamilton County, TN 45 km (28 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Hamilton 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. 2.0 1 km WSW of Collegedale, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 5 km E of LaFayette, Georgia
  3. 1.8 2 km SW of Chickamauga, Georgia
  4. 2.2 2 km S of Ringgold, Georgia
  5. 2.5 4 km N of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  6. 2.1 10 km SE of Chickamauga, Georgia
  7. 2.2 4 km WSW of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  8. 2.1 11 km SW of Dalton, Georgia
  9. 2.1 6 km SW of Bridgeport, Alabama
  10. 2.3 4 km NE of Stevenson, Alabama
  11. 2.2 3 km ENE of East Brainerd, Tennessee
  12. 2.5 7 km ENE of Stevenson, Alabama
  13. 1.9 Alabama
  14. 2.3 8 km W of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  15. 2.5 6 km SSE of Sewanee, 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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