Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.0md
Kentucky-Tennessee border region
Yes. A magnitude 2.0 earthquake was recorded in the Kentucky-Tennessee border region, 23 km (14 mi) ENE of Knoxville, TN, at 5:09 am EDT on 11 August 2020 (09:09 UTC), 19 km deep. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
23 km (14 mi) ENE of Knoxville, TN
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.0 (md)
- Depth
- 19 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Knox County, 22 km W
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2212 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 17 km (11 mi) from the epicentre. Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Likely felt in: Mascot 5 km, intensity II · Seymour 16 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 32 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 470,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 330,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 30× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.0 about 32 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 36.0293, -83.7018. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox County, TN | 22 km (13 mi) | W | earthquakes near Knox County |
| Jefferson County, TN | 24 km (15 mi) | E | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Union County, TN | 31 km (19 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Union County |
| Sevier County, TN | 31 km (19 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Grainger County, TN | 33 km (20 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Grainger County |
| Blount County, TN | 43 km (27 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Blount County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.8 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
- 2.0 3 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
- 1.8 6 km NNW of Farragut, Tennessee
- 2.0 3 km E of Rutledge, Tennessee
- 2.2 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
- 2.5 2 km N of Farragut, Tennessee
- 1.8 6 km NNE of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- 2.4 0 km NE of Alcoa, Tennessee
- 2.2 1 km SE of Alcoa, Tennessee
- 2.4 6 km W of Pittman Center, Tennessee
- 2.3 1 km NNW of Wildwood, Tennessee
- 2.1 2 km NW of Wildwood, Tennessee
- 2.6 9 km ENE of Garland, Tennessee
- 2.5 8 km WSW of New Market, Tennessee
- 2.4 7 km NNE 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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