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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2md

7 km SSW of Jaars, North Carolina

· 4.5 km deep · released about 60 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Lancaster County 15 kmUnion County 31 kmChester County 37 kmYork County 41 kmMecklenburg County 49 kmKershaw County 55 kmFairfield County 55 kmChesterfield County 60 kmAnson County 64 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
14 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Lancaster County, 15 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 437 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 60 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 5.8 250,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 180,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 16× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 60 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 34.8045, -80.7853. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Lancaster County, SC 15 km (9 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lancaster County
Union County, NC 31 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Union County
Chester County, SC 37 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Chester County
York County, SC 41 km (25 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near York County
Mecklenburg County, NC 49 km (31 mi) S of here earthquakes near Mecklenburg County
Kershaw County, SC 55 km (34 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Kershaw 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.

  1. 1.8 9 km SSW of Kershaw, South Carolina

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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