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M 2.2md

Earthquake near New Tazewell, TN

USGS: 6 km SSW of New Tazewell, Tennessee

55 km (34 mi) NNE of Knoxville, TN

10:14 pm EDT, Apr 10, 2018 · · 13 km deep · released about 52 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Claiborne County 13 kmGrainger County 15 kmUnion County 23 kmHamblen County 37 kmHancock County 38 kmBell County 39 kmJefferson County 41 kmCampbell County 49 kmKnox County 52 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
10:14 pm EDT on 10 April 2018 ()
Where
7 km (4 mi) SSW of New Tazewell, TN · earthquakes near New Tazewell
Magnitude
M 2.2 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Claiborne County, 13 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3097 days ago

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) SSW of New Tazewell, TN, at 10:14 pm EDT on 10 April 2018 (02:14 UTC). This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Tazewell, Rutledge, Maynardville, Harrogate, Luttrell, Speedwell.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 52 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 290,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 18× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 52 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 since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.

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 36.3857, -83.6168. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Claiborne County, TN 13 km (8 mi) NNW earthquakes near Claiborne County
Grainger County, TN 15 km (10 mi) SE earthquakes near Grainger County
Union County, TN 23 km (14 mi) WSW earthquakes near Union County
Hamblen County, TN 37 km (23 mi) ESE earthquakes near Hamblen County
Hancock County, TN 38 km (24 mi) ENE earthquakes near Hancock County
Bell County, KY 39 km (24 mi) N earthquakes near Bell County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.8 4 km S of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 1 km NE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 1 km WSW of Plainview, Tennessee
  4. 2.4 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  5. 2.6 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  6. 2.7 3 km S of Blaine, Tennessee
  7. 2.8 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  8. 2.0 3 km E of Rutledge, Tennessee
  9. 2.0 8 km SW of Cawood, Kentucky
  10. 2.2 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  11. 2.3 4 km E of Harrogate, Tennessee
  12. 2.2 12 km SW of Pathfork, Kentucky
  13. 2.5 6 km E of Sneedville, Tennessee
  14. 2.5 8 km WSW of New Market, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 6 km WSW of New Tazewell, 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.

On USGS

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