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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

6 km ENE of Morganton, Georgia

· 3.4 km deep · released about 35 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Fannin County 12 kmUnion County 19 kmCherokee County 30 kmGilmer County 33 kmLumpkin County 40 kmPolk County 41 kmTowns County 41 kmClay County 44 kmWhite County 49 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
3.4 km below the surface
Felt
3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Fannin County, 12 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1060 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 35 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 5.8 440,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 310,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 28× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 35 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 34.8895, -84.1863. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Fannin County, GA 12 km (8 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Fannin County
Union County, GA 19 km (12 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Union County
Cherokee County, NC 30 km (19 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Gilmer County, GA 33 km (21 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Gilmer County
Lumpkin County, GA 40 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lumpkin County
Polk County, TN 41 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Polk County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 8 km SSE of Etowah, Tennessee
  2. 2.3 17 km SSW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  3. 2.4 18 km N of Ducktown, Tennessee
  4. 2.1 7 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 8 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  6. 1.8 11 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  7. 2.0 14 km SE of Etowah, Tennessee
  8. 2.2 12 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  9. 1.8 13 km ESE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  10. 2.1 12 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 5 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  12. 2.4 9 km NE of Eton, Georgia
  13. 1.8 11 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  14. 1.9 11 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  15. 1.9 11 km SW of Tellico Plains, 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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