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M 3.9mw
Earthquake near Metter, GA
No earthquake was likely felt in Metter in the 24 hours to 12:50 am EST (05:50 UTC). The last one was M 2.0, 11 km (7 mi) NW, at 4:43 pm EDT on 30 March 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Metter
This page: a magnitude 3.9 earthquake was recorded 10 km (6 mi) northwest of Metter, GA, at 4:05 am EDT on 18 June 2022 (08:05 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 2,355 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 7 km E of Stillmore, Georgia
- When
- 4:05 am EDT on 18 June 2022 ()
- Where
- 10 km (6 mi) northwest of Metter, GA · earthquakes near Metter
- Magnitude
- M 3.9 (mw)
- Depth
- 0.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2,355 reports · strongest reported intensity V
- Measured shaking
- intensity IV (ShakeMap)
- USGS impact alert
- green
- Tsunami
- USGS flagged this event for tsunami evaluation. Follow tsunami.gov for official messages.
- Nearest
- Candler County, 8 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 385 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 431 km (268 mi) from the epicentre. In Metter, 10 km away, the estimate is intensity IV (light). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Twin City, Swainsboro.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 11 tons of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.9 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 16,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.9 about 11 tons of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 22× more
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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 32.4525, -82.1405. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candler County, GA | 8 km (5 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Candler County |
| Emanuel County, GA | 21 km (13 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Emanuel County |
| Bulloch County, GA | 38 km (24 mi) | E | earthquakes near Bulloch County |
| Treutlen County, GA | 41 km (25 mi) | W | earthquakes near Treutlen County |
| Evans County, GA | 41 km (25 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Evans County |
| Jenkins County, GA | 41 km (26 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Jenkins County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
2 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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