M3.1 earthquake 10 km ESE of Cohutta, Georgia
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck 10 km ESE of Cohutta, Georgia on Mon, Jun 23, 2008, 7:30 PM EDT (23:30 UTC), 9 km (5 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 3.1 (mlg), minor
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-06-23 23:30:19 UTC
- Depth
- 8.8 km (5.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.925° N, 84.841° 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 0.5 km horizontally, 1.0 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.14
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 66°
- Stations used
- 21
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.06 km E of Madisonville, Tennessee · 6654 days ago · 19 km deep · 82 km away
- 1.54 km N of Vonore, Tennessee · 6648 days ago · 9 km deep · 95 km away
- 1.61 km SSE of Menlo, Georgia · 6638 days ago · 12 km deep · 76 km away
- 2.1Alabama · 6636 days ago · 12 km deep · 32 km away
- 2.110 km SSW of Rockwood, Tennessee · 6630 days ago · 17 km deep · 95 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Broomtown, Alabama · 6615 days ago · 4 km deep · 86 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Wildwood Lake, Tennessee · 6612 days ago · 20 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.5Tennessee · 6610 days ago · 13 km deep · 49 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se606856 (also filed as usp000gadr). Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:51 PM UTC.