Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1md
Earthquake near Vonore, TN
USGS: 12 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
49 km (31 mi) SSW of Knoxville, TN
- When
- 4:34 pm EST on 27 November 2017 ()
- Where
- 12 km (8 mi) ESE of Vonore, TN · earthquakes near Vonore
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 23 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Monroe County, 17 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3231 days ago
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake was recorded 12 km (8 mi) ESE of Vonore, TN, at 4:34 pm EST on 27 November 2017 (21:34 UTC). 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS. This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Greenback, Tellico Village, Madisonville, Maryville, Loudon, Alcoa.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 51 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 300,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 210,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 19× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 51 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.5488, -84.1143. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monroe County, TN | 17 km (10 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Monroe County |
| Blount County, TN | 23 km (14 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Blount County |
| Loudon County, TN | 27 km (17 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Loudon County |
| Graham County, NC | 34 km (21 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Graham County |
| Cherokee County, NC | 46 km (29 mi) | S | earthquakes near Cherokee County |
| McMinn County, TN | 48 km (30 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near McMinn County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
58 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 0 km W of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.4 2 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.3 0 km WSW of Maryville, Tennessee
- 1.7 2 km NE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
- 2.1 2 km ESE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
- 2.2 2 km ESE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
- 2.3 1 km E of Tellico Village, Tennessee
- 1.7 3 km S of Huntsville, Tennessee
- 2.3 2 km NE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
- 1.7 1 km N of Huntsville, Tennessee
- 2.7 2 km NE of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.8 13 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
- 2.2 2 km SSE of Englewood, Tennessee
- 2.1 2 km SSE of Englewood, Tennessee
- 1.5 10 km ENE of Kingston, 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.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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