M1.6 earthquake 1 km SSE of Menlo, Georgia
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 1 km SSE of Menlo, Georgia on Sun, Jul 20, 2008, 9:12 PM EDT (01:12 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 7 km ENE of Woodville, Alabama. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2008-07-21 01:12:30 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 34.477° N, 85.471° 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, 6.1 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.17
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 155°
- Stations used
- 9
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 4 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.1Alabama · 6641 days ago · 12 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.37 km ENE of Woodville, Alabama · 6631 days ago · 3 km deep · 70 km away
- 2.28 km NNW of Broomtown, Alabama · 6620 days ago · 4 km deep · 10 km away
- 1.98 km ESE of Wildwood Lake, Tennessee · 6617 days ago · 20 km deep · 91 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se606865. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 12:53 PM UTC.