Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
14 km SSE of Eatonton, Georgia
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 9.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Putnam County, 13 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 981 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 33.2153, -83.3052. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Putnam County, GA | 13 km (8 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Putnam County |
| Baldwin County, GA | 18 km (11 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Baldwin County |
| Hancock County, GA | 29 km (18 mi) | WSW of here | earthquakes near Hancock County |
| Jones County, GA | 32 km (20 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Jones County |
| Jasper County, GA | 37 km (23 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Jasper County |
| Greene County, GA | 42 km (26 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Greene County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
1 earthquake has 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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