Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1md
Earthquake near Flemingsburg, KY
USGS: 11 km ESE of Flemingsburg, Kentucky
82 km (51 mi) ENE of Lexington-Fayette, KY
- When
- 3:02 am EDT on 13 October 2017 ()
- Where
- 11 km (7 mi) ESE of Flemingsburg, KY · earthquakes near Flemingsburg
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 11 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Fleming County, 7 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3276 days ago
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 11 km (7 mi) ESE of Flemingsburg, KY, at 3:02 am EDT on 13 October 2017 (07:02 UTC). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Owingsville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.0 2 km SW of Sharpsburg, Kentucky · 35 km SW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 38.3727, -83.6187. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fleming County, KY | 7 km (4 mi) | W | earthquakes near Fleming County |
| Rowan County, KY | 25 km (16 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Rowan County |
| Bath County, KY | 27 km (17 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Bath County |
| Lewis County, KY | 28 km (18 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Lewis County |
| Mason County, KY | 31 km (19 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Mason County |
| Nicholas County, KY | 36 km (22 mi) | W | earthquakes near Nicholas County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
21 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 15 km E of Flemingsburg, Kentucky
- 2.2 2 km SSE of Concord, Kentucky
- 2.2 7 km WSW of Vanceburg, Kentucky
- 2.4 8 km SSE of Flemingsburg, Kentucky
- 2.4 9 km NW of Olive Hill, Kentucky
- 2.2 4 km S of Mount Sterling, Kentucky
- 2.2 3 km SSW of Bentonville, Ohio
- 2.3 5 km WNW of Sandy Hook, Kentucky
- 2.5 3 km SW of Old Washington, Kentucky
- 2.2 20 km SSW of Vanceburg, Kentucky
- 2.1 3 km SE of Ripley, Ohio
- 3.0 2 km E of Manchester, Ohio
- 2.1 10 km S of Concord, Kentucky
- 1.8 13 km ESE of Flemingsburg, Kentucky
- 1.9 Ohio-Kentucky border region
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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