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M 2.2md

5 km WSW of Chickamauga, Georgia

· 12 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dade County 14 kmWalker County 14 kmCatoosa County 20 kmWhitfield County 36 kmHamilton County 37 kmMarion County 38 kmChattooga County 43 kmBradley County 56 kmMurray County 57 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Dade County, 14 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2249 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 34.8585, -85.3543. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dade County, GA 14 km (9 mi) E of here earthquakes near Dade County
Walker County, GA 14 km (9 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Walker County
Catoosa County, GA 20 km (13 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Whitfield County, GA 36 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Hamilton County, TN 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Hamilton County
Marion County, TN 38 km (23 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Marion 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 4 km NW of Cohutta, Georgia
  2. 2.2 6 km WNW of Linwood, Georgia
  3. 2.1 5 km E of Trion, Georgia
  4. 2.2 8 km N of Menlo, Georgia
  5. 2.6 8 km N of Menlo, Georgia
  6. 2.3 6 km WSW of Linwood, Georgia
  7. 1.8 4 km SE of Apison, Tennessee
  8. 2.0 1 km WSW of Collegedale, Tennessee
  9. 1.9 5 km E of LaFayette, Georgia
  10. 1.8 2 km SW of Chickamauga, Georgia
  11. 2.2 2 km S of Ringgold, Georgia
  12. 2.5 4 km N of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  13. 2.1 10 km SE of Chickamauga, Georgia
  14. 2.2 4 km WSW of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  15. 2.0 10 km WNW of Resaca, 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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