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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

3 km ENE of Cohutta, Georgia

· 9.7 km deep · released about 47 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
9.7 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Whitfield County, 20 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 454 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 47 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 320,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 230,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 20× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 47 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 34.9770, -84.9188. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whitfield County, GA 20 km (12 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Whitfield County
Bradley County, TN 20 km (13 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Bradley County
Catoosa County, GA 22 km (14 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Catoosa County
Murray County, GA 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Murray County
Hamilton County, TN 33 km (21 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Hamilton County
Polk County, TN 37 km (23 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Polk County

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

Aftershocks so far

16 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. 1.9 4 km W of Etowah, Tennessee
  4. 2.1 7 km ESE of Benton, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 8 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  6. 2.0 6 km WSW of Riceville, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 11 km ESE of Trenton, Georgia
  8. 2.1 3 km SW of Varnell, Georgia
  9. 1.9 5 km SSW of Riceville, Tennessee
  10. 2.4 4 km SW of LaFayette, Georgia
  11. 1.9 8 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
  12. 1.8 6 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 9 km NNW of Eton, Georgia
  14. 2.3 7 km SSE of Charleston, Tennessee
  15. 2.2 10 km SSE of Dayton, 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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