Reported seismic-like event (likely no quake): 32 km north of Newnan, Coweta County, Georgia, USA, Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:09 am (GMT -4) -

19 Mar 14:34 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 25 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Mar 19, 2023 14:09:32 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:09 am (GMT -4)
Status	disregarded
Magnitude	unknown (3?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	33.6664°N / 84.78428°W
Antipode	33.666°S / 95.216°E
Shaking intensity	Weak shaking
Felt	1 report
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	24 km (15 mi) WNW of Union City (Georgia) (pop: 20,800) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Carrollton (Georgia) (pop: 26,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 32 km (20 mi) N of Newnan (Georgia) (pop: 37,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 35 km (22 mi) NNW of Peachtree City (Georgia) (pop: 35,200) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 38 km (23 mi) WSW of White Hall (Georgia) (pop: 463,900) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 42 km (26 mi) N of Puckett Station (Georgia) (pop: 422) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 73 km (46 mi) NNE of La Grange (Georgia) (pop: 29,600) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 905 km (563 mi) SW of Washington (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Clear Sky 1.8°C (35 F), humidity: 43%, wind: 6 m/s (11 kts) from N
Estimated seismic energy released	2 x 10⁹ joules (554 kilowatt hours, equivalent to 0.477 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Seismic station: Godfrey, Georgia, USA (GOGA/US network) | Distance from quake: 125 km / 77 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Godfrey, Georgia, USA: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.5-10.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

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Douglasville Ga (0 km ESE of epicenter) [Map] / Weak shaking (MMI III) : I was awake by shake from ground moving 3am

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