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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee

· 12 km deep · released about 7.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 15 kmLoudon County 23 kmBlount County 25 kmGraham County 38 kmMcMinn County 44 kmRoane County 45 kmCherokee County 48 kmKnox County 52 kmMeigs County 60 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Monroe County, 15 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2665 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 7.1 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 2,100,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,500,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.1 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 35.5652, -84.1605. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 15 km (10 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Loudon County, TN 23 km (15 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Blount County, TN 25 km (16 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Graham County, NC 38 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Graham County
McMinn County, TN 44 km (28 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Roane County, TN 45 km (28 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Roane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 6 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 8 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 Tennessee
  4. 1.5 4 km WSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 11 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 1 km W of Etowah, Tennessee
  7. 1.9 3 km NNE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  8. 1.9 3 km ESE of Loudon, Tennessee
  9. 2.0 5 km NNE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  10. 2.2 15 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 3 km SW of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  12. 2.4 4 km WSW of Tellico Village, TN
  13. 2.0 7 km NE of Rockford, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 4 km N of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  15. 2.4 19 km W of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina

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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