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M 2.1md

3 km N of Tellico Village, Tennessee

· 21 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loudon County 6 kmRoane County 28 kmMonroe County 30 kmBlount County 30 kmKnox County 42 kmAnderson County 45 kmMcMinn County 46 kmMeigs County 55 kmGraham County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
21 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loudon County, 6 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2949 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 37 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 35.7150, -84.2570. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loudon County, TN 6 km (3 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Roane County, TN 28 km (18 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Roane County
Monroe County, TN 30 km (18 mi) N of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Blount County, TN 30 km (19 mi) W of here earthquakes near Blount County
Knox County, TN 42 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Anderson County, TN 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Anderson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 10 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 2 km WNW of Greenback, Tennessee
  3. 1.8 3 km ENE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  4. 2.2 5 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  5. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  6. 2.0 7 km SSE of Rockwood, Tennessee
  7. 2.4 7 km E of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  8. 2.3 1 km ENE of Maryville, Tennessee
  9. 2.6 3 km ENE of Philadelphia, Tennessee
  10. 2.5 3 km WSW of Petros, Tennessee
  11. 2.6 7 km WNW of Farragut, Tennessee
  12. 2.1 12 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 4 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  14. 2.1 3 km NNE of Athens, Tennessee
  15. 2.1 11 km NW of Huntsville, 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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