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M 2.8md

13 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee

· 19 km deep · released about 430 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
27 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Monroe County, 10 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2772 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 27 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 430 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 35,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 25,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 430 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 35.4912, -84.1482. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 10 km (6 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Blount County, TN 30 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Loudon County, TN 31 km (19 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Graham County, NC 33 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Graham County
Cherokee County, NC 40 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
McMinn County, TN 43 km (27 mi) E of here earthquakes near McMinn 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. 1.8 6 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 3 km WNW of Madisonville, Tennessee
  3. 2.2 4 km E of Maryville, Tennessee
  4. 2.1 6 km WNW of Vonore, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 4 km ESE of Huntsville, Tennessee
  6. 2.2 5 km ENE of Wildwood, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 2 km WNW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  8. 2.3 1 km ESE of Farragut, Tennessee
  9. 2.3 6 km SE of Englewood, Tennessee
  10. 1.7 10 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  11. 1.6 8 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  12. 2.3 12 km SSE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  13. 1.7 6 km WSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 11 km WNW of Loudon, Tennessee
  15. 2.2 3 km SSW 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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