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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

2 km NW of Stuarts Draft, Virginia

· 2.4 km deep · released about 69 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Staunton city 12 kmWaynesboro city 14 kmAugusta County 16 kmNelson County 32 kmRockbridge County 43 kmBuena Vista city 44 kmAlbemarle County 44 kmLexington city 45 kmHarrisonburg city 46 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
2.4 km below the surface
Felt
54 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Staunton city, 12 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1006 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 54 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 69 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 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 38.0462, -79.0588. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Staunton city, VA 12 km (8 mi) S of here earthquakes near Staunton city
Waynesboro city, VA 14 km (9 mi) W of here earthquakes near Waynesboro city
Augusta County, VA 16 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Augusta County
Nelson County, VA 32 km (20 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Nelson County
Rockbridge County, VA 43 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Rockbridge County
Buena Vista city, VA 44 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Buena Vista city

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.

  1. 2.2 0 km NNE of Stuarts Draft, Virginia
  2. 2.4 2 km NW of Stuarts Draft, Virginia

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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