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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee

· 1.7 km deep · released about 9 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
1.7 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Monroe County, 14 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1686 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 9 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 9 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 35.5558, -84.1643. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 14 km (9 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Loudon County, TN 24 km (15 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Blount County, TN 26 km (16 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Graham County, NC 38 km (24 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Graham County
McMinn County, TN 44 km (27 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Roane County, TN 46 km (29 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Roane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.4 7 km E of Etowah, Tennessee
  2. 1.6 1 km SSW of Eagleton Village, Tennessee
  3. 2.2 7 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 Tennessee-North Carolina border region
  5. 1.9 17 km SSE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  6. 2.1 6 km WSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  7. 2.4 Tennessee-North Carolina border region
  8. 1.9 11 km E of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 4 km W of Etowah, Tennessee
  10. 2.4 1 km SE of Etowah, Tennessee
  11. 2.5 4 km NNE of Greenback, Tennessee
  12. 2.1 Tennessee
  13. 1.9 3 km N of Niota, Tennessee
  14. 1.5 3 km N of Englewood, Tennessee
  15. 2.2 1 km S of Garland, 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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