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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

8 km NNE of Louisville, Tennessee

· 23 km deep · released about 13 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Knox County 13 kmBlount County 25 kmAnderson County 29 kmLoudon County 32 kmRoane County 46 kmUnion County 46 kmSevier County 46 kmMonroe County 54 kmJefferson County 55 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Knox County, 13 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2904 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 13 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 810,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 72× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 13 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 35.8992, -84.0220. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Knox County, TN 13 km (8 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Blount County, TN 25 km (16 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Anderson County, TN 29 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Anderson County
Loudon County, TN 32 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Roane County, TN 46 km (28 mi) E of here earthquakes near Roane County
Union County, TN 46 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Union 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. 2.3 1 km ESE of Farragut, Tennessee
  2. 1.7 10 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  3. 1.6 8 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  4. 1.7 6 km WSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 11 km WNW of Loudon, Tennessee
  6. 2.2 3 km SSW of Garland, Tennessee
  7. 2.4 0 km SSW of Rockford, Tennessee
  8. 1.9 6 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 5 km WNW of Sevierville, Tennessee
  10. 2.2 5 km W of Sevierville, Tennessee
  11. 2.1 9 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  12. 2.0 11 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  13. 2.6 2 km SSE of Mascot, Tennessee
  14. 2.1 2 km W of Alcoa, Tennessee
  15. 1.6 3 km SSE of Garland, 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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