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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

10 km NE of Mooresburg, Tennessee

· 5.5 km deep · released about 27 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hancock County 15 kmHawkins County 19 kmHamblen County 24 kmLee County 33 kmGrainger County 36 kmGreene County 37 kmClaiborne County 48 kmJefferson County 48 kmHarlan County 51 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
5.5 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Hancock County, 15 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1818 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 27 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 560,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 390,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 35× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 27 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 36.4083, -83.1398. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hancock County, TN 15 km (9 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Hawkins County, TN 19 km (12 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hawkins County
Hamblen County, TN 24 km (15 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Hamblen County
Lee County, VA 33 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lee County
Grainger County, TN 36 km (22 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Grainger County
Greene County, TN 37 km (23 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Greene County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km W of Rutledge, Tennessee
  2. 2.3 2 km ENE of Greeneville, Tennessee
  3. 2.4 5 km NNE of Bean Station, Tennessee
  4. 2.3 8 km NNW of Greeneville, Tennessee
  5. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  6. 2.3 2 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 9 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 7 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  9. 1.9 8 km WNW of Rutledge, Tennessee
  10. 2.4 2 km ESE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 1 km SW of Fall Branch, Tennessee
  12. 1.8 4 km S of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 1 km NE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  14. 2.4 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  15. 2.6 Kentucky-Tennessee border region

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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