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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

0 km ESE of Etowah, Tennessee

· 5.6 km deep · released about 190 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McMinn County 15 kmPolk County 24 kmMonroe County 28 kmMeigs County 35 kmBradley County 36 kmCherokee County 46 kmLoudon County 50 kmRhea County 50 kmFannin County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
5.6 km below the surface
Felt
17 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
McMinn County, 15 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3574 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 17 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 190 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 78,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 55,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 190 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 35.3207, -84.5148. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McMinn County, TN 15 km (9 mi) SE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Polk County, TN 24 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Polk County
Monroe County, TN 28 km (17 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Meigs County, TN 35 km (22 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Meigs County
Bradley County, TN 36 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Bradley County
Cherokee County, NC 46 km (29 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Cherokee 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.

  1. 2.3 5 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  2. 2.2 1 km WNW of Niota, Tennessee
  3. 2.4 3 km NNE of Vonore, Tennessee
  4. 2.6 11 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
  5. 1.5 7 km WSW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 3 km S of Loudon, Tennessee
  7. 2.2 8 km E of Lakesite, Tennessee
  8. 1.7 2 km E of Niota, Tennessee
  9. 2.0 12 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  10. 1.5 2 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 3 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  12. 1.8 4 km NNE of Calhoun, Tennessee
  13. 1.5 4 km NNE of Etowah, Tennessee
  14. 2.4 2 km E of Loudon, Tennessee
  15. 1.7 7 km W of Madisonville, 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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