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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

6 km W of Pittman Center, Tennessee

· 0.6 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sevier County 6 kmSwain County 21 kmJefferson County 32 kmCocke County 36 kmBlount County 42 kmHaywood County 49 kmKnox County 50 kmHamblen County 54 kmGraham County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
0.6 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Sevier County, 6 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1475 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 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 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 35.7587, -83.4665. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sevier County, TN 6 km (4 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Swain County, NC 21 km (13 mi) N of here earthquakes near Swain County
Jefferson County, TN 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Cocke County, TN 36 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Cocke County
Blount County, TN 42 km (26 mi) E of here earthquakes near Blount County
Haywood County, NC 49 km (31 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Haywood 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. 2.0 4 km WNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 3 km NW of Mascot, Tennessee
  3. 1.7 4 km NE of Louisville, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 3 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
  5. 2.2 3 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
  6. 2.3 4 km N of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 8 km NNW of Bryson City, North Carolina
  8. 2.1 2 km S of Blaine, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 7 km SE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 5 km NNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 9 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee
  12. 1.8 2 km WNW of Maryville, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 0 km ESE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  14. 2.2 10 km ENE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  15. 1.8 5 km SW of Maryville, 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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