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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

7 km WSW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee

· 13 km deep · released about 5.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 17 kmMcMinn County 25 kmPolk County 29 kmCherokee County 35 kmMeigs County 45 kmLoudon County 46 kmBradley County 49 kmGraham County 49 kmFannin County 52 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monroe County, 17 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3128 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 5.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,800,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 180× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.4 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 35.3282, -84.3683. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 17 km (11 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
McMinn County, TN 25 km (16 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Polk County, TN 29 km (18 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Polk County
Cherokee County, NC 35 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Meigs County, TN 45 km (28 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Meigs County
Loudon County, TN 46 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loudon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km E of South Cleveland, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 10 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 2 km WNW of Greenback, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 3 km ENE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  5. 2.2 5 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  7. 2.4 7 km E of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  8. 2.6 3 km ENE of Philadelphia, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 12 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
  10. 2.1 3 km NNE of Athens, Tennessee
  11. 1.7 2 km NE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  12. 2.1 2 km ESE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  13. 2.2 2 km ESE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 1 km E of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  15. 1.7 3 km S of Huntsville, 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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