Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
4 km NNE of Trenton, Georgia
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 12 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Dade County, 6 km SSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 403 days ago
This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 29 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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 520,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 370,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 33× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 29 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 34.9075, -85.4853. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dade County, GA | 6 km (4 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Dade County |
| Walker County, GA | 25 km (16 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Walker County |
| Marion County, TN | 27 km (17 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Marion County |
| Catoosa County, GA | 32 km (20 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Catoosa County |
| Hamilton County, TN | 38 km (24 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Hamilton County |
| Jackson County, AL | 48 km (30 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Jackson County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
7 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 1 km NW of Trion, Georgia
- 2.1 11 km ESE of Trenton, Georgia
- 2.1 3 km SW of Varnell, Georgia
- 2.4 12 km S of Tracy City, Tennessee
- 2.4 4 km SW of LaFayette, Georgia
- 1.7 6 km W of Linwood, Georgia
- 2.3 6 km WSW of Linwood, Georgia
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
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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