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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

4 km SW of Andrews, North Carolina

· 5.1 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Clay County 16 kmCherokee County 19 kmGraham County 20 kmTowns County 32 kmMacon County 39 kmUnion County 40 kmMonroe County 47 kmRabun County 52 kmFannin County 54 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
5.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Clay County, 16 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3170 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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.

Where

Epicentre 35.1710, -83.8515. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Clay County, NC 16 km (10 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clay County
Cherokee County, NC 19 km (12 mi) E of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Graham County, NC 20 km (12 mi) S of here earthquakes near Graham County
Towns County, GA 32 km (20 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Towns County
Macon County, NC 39 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near Macon County
Union County, GA 40 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Union County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

30 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.0 11 km NNE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 8 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  3. 1.5 12 km ESE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  4. 2.7 19 km NNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  5. 2.3 6 km N of Ducktown, Tennessee
  6. 1.5 14 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  7. 1.7 5 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  8. 1.9 13 km NE of Ducktown, Tennessee
  9. 1.5 15 km ENE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  10. 2.0 8 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 11 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  12. 2.0 5 km NNE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  13. 2.2 15 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  14. 2.4 19 km W of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  15. 1.8 6 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee

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.

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