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M 2.4md

3 km W of Artemus, Kentucky

· 19 km deep · released about 130 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Knox County 7 kmBell County 21 kmWhitley County 24 kmLaurel County 38 kmClay County 40 kmClaiborne County 42 kmLeslie County 53 kmCampbell County 54 kmMcCreary County 55 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 2.4 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Knox County, 7 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2013 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 130 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 120,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 83,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 7.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 130 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 36.8298, -83.8850. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Knox County, KY 7 km (4 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Bell County, KY 21 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Bell County
Whitley County, KY 24 km (15 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Whitley County
Laurel County, KY 38 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Laurel County
Clay County, KY 40 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Clay County
Claiborne County, TN 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Claiborne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pineville, Kentucky
  2. 2.6 11 km SW of Middlesboro, Kentucky
  3. 2.5 9 km NE of Flat Lick, Kentucky
  4. 2.3 10 km S of Jellico, Tennessee
  5. 2.3 16 km N of Maynardville, Tennessee
  6. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 12 km W of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  8. 2.3 4 km E of Harrogate, Tennessee
  9. 2.2 12 km SW of Pathfork, Kentucky
  10. 2.2 10 km WSW of Hyden, Kentucky
  11. 2.5 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  12. 2.8 8 km NW of Fincastle, 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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