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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

9 km NNW of Eton, Georgia

· 14 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Murray County 13 kmWhitfield County 19 kmBradley County 29 kmCatoosa County 31 kmPolk County 33 kmGilmer County 39 kmGordon County 44 kmFannin County 44 kmHamilton County 47 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
14 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Murray County, 13 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 419 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 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 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 34.8998, -84.8030. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Murray County, GA 13 km (8 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Whitfield County, GA 19 km (12 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Bradley County, TN 29 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Bradley County
Catoosa County, GA 31 km (19 mi) E of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Polk County, TN 33 km (21 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Gilmer County, GA 39 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Gilmer County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 10 km WNW of Resaca, Georgia
  2. 2.0 8 km SSE of Etowah, Tennessee
  3. 2.1 7 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 8 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  5. 2.1 3 km SW of Varnell, Georgia
  6. 1.9 5 km SSW of Riceville, Tennessee
  7. 1.9 8 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 6 km WSW of Etowah, 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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