M2.1 earthquake Alabama
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck in Alabama on Wed, Jul 23, 2008, 5:03 AM EDT (09:03 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.2 8 km NNW of Broomtown, Alabama. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-23 09:03:43 UTC
- Depth
- 11.6 km (7.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.685° N, 85.038° W
- Region
- Georgia
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Location uncertainty
- About 2.0 km horizontally, 2.4 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.39
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 130°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.28 km NNW of Broomtown, Alabama · 6615 days ago · 4 km deep · 56 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Wildwood Lake, Tennessee · 6612 days ago · 20 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.5Tennessee · 6610 days ago · 13 km deep · 79 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se606866. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:20 PM UTC.