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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

19 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee

· 13 km deep · released about 8.1 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Cherokee County 21 kmPolk County 25 kmMonroe County 29 kmFannin County 36 kmMcMinn County 40 kmGraham County 45 kmUnion County 48 kmClay County 51 kmBradley County 52 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
13 km below the surface
Felt
8 reports · strongest reported intensity V
Nearest
Cherokee County, 21 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2539 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 8 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 8.1 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 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,300,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 120× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.1 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 35.1905, -84.2872. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Cherokee County, NC 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Polk County, TN 25 km (15 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Polk County
Monroe County, TN 29 km (18 mi) S of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Fannin County, GA 36 km (22 mi) N of here earthquakes near Fannin County
McMinn County, TN 40 km (25 mi) SE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Graham County, NC 45 km (28 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Graham County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 4 km ESE of East Cleveland, Tennessee
  2. 2.4 6 km WNW of Niota, Tennessee
  3. 1.8 6 km NW of Vonore, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 5 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 8 km SSE of Etowah, Tennessee
  6. 1.5 12 km ESE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  7. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 4 km W of Athens, Tennessee
  9. 2.9 16 km NNE of Eton, Georgia
  10. 2.0 5 km E of Riceville, Tennessee
  11. 1.6 13 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  12. 2.7 19 km NNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  13. 1.9 7 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 6 km N of Ducktown, Tennessee
  15. 1.5 14 km SE of Vonore, 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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