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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

6 km SE of Sweetwater, Tennessee

· 10 km deep · released about 6.6 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 20 kmLoudon County 22 kmMcMinn County 23 kmRoane County 34 kmMeigs County 36 kmBlount County 47 kmRhea County 48 kmPolk County 51 kmCherokee County 57 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monroe County, 20 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2910 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 6.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,600,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 140× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.6 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 35.5568, -84.4225. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 20 km (12 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Loudon County, TN 22 km (14 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Loudon County
McMinn County, TN 23 km (14 mi) NE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Roane County, TN 34 km (21 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Roane County
Meigs County, TN 36 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Meigs County
Blount County, TN 47 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Blount County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 2 km W of Alcoa, Tennessee
  2. 1.6 3 km SSE of Garland, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 4 km SSE of Garland, Tennessee
  4. 1.9 10 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 2 km WNW of Greenback, Tennessee
  6. 1.8 3 km ENE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  7. 2.2 5 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  8. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  9. 2.0 7 km SSE of Rockwood, Tennessee
  10. 2.4 7 km E of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  11. 2.3 1 km ENE of Maryville, Tennessee
  12. 2.6 3 km ENE of Philadelphia, Tennessee
  13. 2.6 7 km WNW of Farragut, Tennessee
  14. 2.1 12 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
  15. 1.9 4 km SSW 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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