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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

3 km NE of Dante, Virginia

· 20 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Dickenson County 17 kmRussell County 18 kmWise County 31 kmNorton city 32 kmBuchanan County 36 kmWashington County 40 kmBristol city 44 kmScott County 44 kmLetcher County 54 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
20 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Dickenson County, 17 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1928 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 140 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 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 37.0005, -82.2748. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Dickenson County, VA 17 km (10 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Dickenson County
Russell County, VA 18 km (11 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Russell County
Wise County, VA 31 km (19 mi) E of here earthquakes near Wise County
Norton city, VA 32 km (20 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Norton city
Buchanan County, VA 36 km (23 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Buchanan County
Washington County, VA 40 km (25 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Washington County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km NE of Clinchport, Virginia
  2. 2.6 9 km SSW of Abingdon, Virginia

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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