ETON, Ga. — A magnitude 2.4 earthquake occurred Wednesday evening in northwest Georgia.
The epicenter of the earthquake was 9 miles northwest of Eton, located in Murray County. A 5.5 mile deep epicenter, this is considered a 'shallow' earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Although the earthquake was shallow, there are no reports that anyone felt the earthquake, according to the ShakeMap on the USGS website.
Northwest Georgia is no stranger to weak earthquakes. It is located near the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone, which includes the Ridge-And-Valley portion of northwest Georgia up through eastern Tennessee. Earthquakes are fairly common there.
This earthquake is not associated with the recent seismic swarm located near Lake Lanier earlier this summer.
