QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

9 km NE of Eton, Georgia

· 9.2 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Murray County 11 kmWhitfield County 27 kmPolk County 28 kmGilmer County 31 kmBradley County 34 kmFannin County 34 kmCatoosa County 41 kmGordon County 45 kmPickens County 51 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
9.2 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Murray County, 11 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 505 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 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 34.8855, -84.6922. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Murray County, GA 11 km (7 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Murray County
Whitfield County, GA 27 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Polk County, TN 28 km (18 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Polk County
Gilmer County, GA 31 km (19 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Gilmer County
Bradley County, TN 34 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Bradley County
Fannin County, GA 34 km (21 mi) W of here earthquakes near Fannin County

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

Aftershocks so far

25 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. 2.3 17 km SSW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  4. 2.4 18 km N of Ducktown, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 4 km W of Etowah, Tennessee
  6. 2.1 7 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  7. 2.0 8 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 3 km SW of Varnell, Georgia
  9. 2.0 14 km SE of Etowah, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 8 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 6 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
  12. 1.9 9 km NNW of Eton, Georgia
  13. 2.3 7 km SSE of Charleston, Tennessee
  14. 2.1 3 km ENE of Cohutta, Georgia
  15. 2.1 6 km NNE of Hopewell, 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.

On USGS

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.