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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

6 km NW of Eton, Georgia

· 15 km deep · released about 21 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Murray County 10 kmWhitfield County 15 kmCatoosa County 29 kmBradley County 33 kmPolk County 38 kmGilmer County 39 kmGordon County 39 kmWalker County 46 kmFannin County 46 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 1.9 (md)
Depth
15 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Murray County, 10 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1033 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 21 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 710,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 45× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 21 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 34.8595, -84.8233. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Murray County, GA 10 km (6 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Whitfield County, GA 15 km (9 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Catoosa County, GA 29 km (18 mi) E of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Bradley County, TN 33 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Bradley County
Polk County, TN 38 km (24 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Gilmer County, GA 39 km (24 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Gilmer County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.4 10 km WNW of Resaca, Georgia
  2. 2.1 7 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 8 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  4. 2.1 3 km SW of Varnell, Georgia
  5. 2.4 4 km SW of LaFayette, Georgia
  6. 1.9 9 km NNW of Eton, Georgia
  7. 2.3 7 km SSE of Charleston, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 3 km ENE of Cohutta, Georgia
  9. 2.1 6 km NNE of Hopewell, Tennessee
  10. 2.4 4 km NW of Cohutta, Georgia
  11. 2.2 6 km WNW of Linwood, Georgia
  12. 2.1 12 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 5 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  14. 1.8 4 km SE of Apison, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 1 km WSW of Collegedale, 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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