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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.7md

5 km WNW of Sevierville, Tennessee

· 23 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sevier County 13 kmJefferson County 24 kmKnox County 31 kmBlount County 35 kmSwain County 37 kmGrainger County 45 kmCocke County 45 kmUnion County 49 kmHamblen County 49 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
Magnitude
M 1.7 (md)
Depth
23 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Sevier County, 13 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2588 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 12 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 80× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 35.8822, -83.6175. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sevier County, TN 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Jefferson County, TN 24 km (15 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Knox County, TN 31 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Knox County
Blount County, TN 35 km (22 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Blount County
Swain County, NC 37 km (23 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Swain County
Grainger County, TN 45 km (28 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Grainger 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. 2.1 2 km NW of Wildwood, Tennessee
  2. 2.6 9 km ENE of Garland, Tennessee
  3. 2.5 8 km WSW of New Market, Tennessee
  4. 2.4 7 km NNE of Garland, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 6 km E of Townsend, Tennessee
  6. 2.5 Tennessee-North Carolina border region
  7. 2.4 7 km N of Dandridge, Tennessee
  8. 2.3 7 km N of Dandridge, Tennessee
  9. 2.2 6 km N of Dandridge, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 6 km E of Friendsville, Tennessee
  11. 2.4 7 km SE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  12. 1.9 7 km WSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  13. 2.2 5 km SE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  14. 2.0 3 km W of Knoxville, Tennessee
  15. 1.8 6 km NNW of Mascot, 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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