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M 2.0md

12 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee

· 19 km deep · released about 32 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 13 kmBlount County 27 kmLoudon County 30 kmGraham County 33 kmCherokee County 42 kmMcMinn County 45 kmRoane County 51 kmKnox County 56 kmPolk County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monroe County, 13 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3162 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

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 35.5127, -84.1360. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 13 km (8 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Blount County, TN 27 km (17 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Loudon County, TN 30 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Graham County, NC 33 km (21 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Graham County
Cherokee County, NC 42 km (26 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
McMinn County, TN 45 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMinn County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 5 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  2. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  3. 2.4 7 km E of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  4. 2.3 1 km ENE of Maryville, Tennessee
  5. 2.6 3 km ENE of Philadelphia, Tennessee
  6. 2.6 7 km WNW of Farragut, Tennessee
  7. 1.9 4 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 3 km NNE of Athens, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 11 km NW of Huntsville, Tennessee
  10. 1.8 1 km WNW of Eagleton Village, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 3 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  12. 2.1 3 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  13. 2.0 0 km W of Maryville, Tennessee
  14. 2.4 2 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  15. 2.3 0 km WSW of Maryville, 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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