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M 2.0md

10 km SSW of Chatsworth, Georgia

· 12 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Murray County 15 kmGordon County 19 kmWhitfield County 20 kmGilmer County 32 kmPickens County 38 kmCatoosa County 39 kmWalker County 46 kmBartow County 48 kmFannin County 49 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Murray County, 15 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 773 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 34.6755, -84.8058. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Murray County, GA 15 km (9 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Gordon County, GA 19 km (12 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Gordon County
Whitfield County, GA 20 km (13 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Gilmer County, GA 32 km (20 mi) W of here earthquakes near Gilmer County
Pickens County, GA 38 km (23 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Pickens County
Catoosa County, GA 39 km (24 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Catoosa County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 1 km NW of Trion, Georgia
  2. 2.4 10 km WNW of Resaca, Georgia
  3. 2.1 3 km SW of Varnell, Georgia
  4. 2.4 4 km SW of LaFayette, Georgia
  5. 1.9 9 km NNW of Eton, Georgia
  6. 2.1 3 km ENE of Cohutta, Georgia
  7. 2.4 4 km NW of Cohutta, Georgia
  8. 2.1 5 km E of Trion, Georgia
  9. 1.8 4 km SE of Apison, Tennessee
  10. 2.0 1 km WSW of Collegedale, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 5 km E of LaFayette, Georgia
  12. 2.2 2 km S of Ringgold, Georgia
  13. 2.5 4 km N of Tunnel Hill, Georgia
  14. 2.1 10 km SE of Chickamauga, 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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