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M 2.4md

6 km E of Advance, North Carolina

· 1.1 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Davie County 19 kmDavidson County 19 kmForsyth County 23 kmRowan County 37 kmYadkin County 39 kmIredell County 51 kmStokes County 51 kmGuilford County 52 kmRandolph County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
1.1 km below the surface
Felt
78 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Davie County, 19 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 728 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 78 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 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 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 35.9348, -80.3343. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Davie County, NC 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Davie County
Davidson County, NC 19 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Davidson County
Forsyth County, NC 23 km (14 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Forsyth County
Rowan County, NC 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Rowan County
Yadkin County, NC 39 km (24 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Yadkin County
Iredell County, NC 51 km (32 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Iredell 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. 2.0 7 km WNW of Randleman, North Carolina
  2. 1.7 8 km NW of Randleman, North Carolina
  3. 1.6 7 km NW of Randleman, North Carolina
  4. 2.4 7 km NW of Randleman, North Carolina
  5. 1.9 7 km NW of Randleman, North Carolina
  6. 1.9 7 km NW of Randleman, North Carolina
  7. 2.3 8 km WNW of Randleman, North Carolina
  8. 2.3 8 km NW of Randleman, North Carolina
  9. 2.0 6 km E of Archdale, North Carolina
  10. 1.9 5 km SW of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  11. 2.0 7 km SSW of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  12. 1.7 7 km E of Lewisville, North Carolina
  13. 2.3 6 km SW of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  14. 2.4 5 km SSW of Winston-Salem, North Carolina
  15. 2.1 3 km NNE of Cooleemee, North Carolina

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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