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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

9 km NNE of Mosheim, Tennessee

· 0.1 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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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 2.0 (md)
Depth
0.1 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Greene County, 13 km SE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1671 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 26 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 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 36.2715, -82.9357. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Greene County, TN 13 km (8 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Greene County
Hawkins County, TN 20 km (12 mi) S of here earthquakes near Hawkins County
Hamblen County, TN 30 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Hamblen County
Hancock County, TN 38 km (24 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Washington County, TN 40 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Washington County
Cocke County, TN 43 km (27 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Cocke County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 2 km ENE of Greeneville, Tennessee
  2. 2.4 5 km NNE of Bean Station, Tennessee
  3. 2.3 8 km NNW of Greeneville, Tennessee
  4. 2.1 9 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  5. 2.1 7 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 1 km SW of Fall Branch, Tennessee
  7. 2.4 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  8. 2.0 3 km E of Rutledge, Tennessee
  9. 2.5 6 km E of Sneedville, 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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