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M 2.3md

Earthquake near Tellico Village, TN

No earthquake was likely felt in Tellico Village in the 24 hours to 5:04 am EST (10:04 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 21 km (13 mi) NNW, at 1:54 am EDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Tellico Village

This page: a magnitude 2.3 earthquake was recorded 2 km (1 mi) northeast of Tellico Village, TN, at 10:27 am EST on 28 February 2019 (15:27 UTC), less than 1 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 2 km NE of Tellico Village, Tennessee

40 km (25 mi) SW of Knoxville, TN

10:27 am EST, Feb 28, 2019 · · 0.1 km deep · released about 88 lb of TNT

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When
10:27 am EST on 28 February 2019 ()
Where
2 km (1 mi) northeast of Tellico Village, TN · earthquakes near Tellico Village
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
0.1 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Loudon County, 8 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2813 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 38 km (24 mi) from the epicentre. In Tellico Village, 2 km away, the estimate is intensity III (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.

Likely felt in: Farragut 22 km, intensity II · Maryville 25 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 88 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 170,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 120,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 11× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 88 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

The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.4 on 2018-12-12 — about 1,400 times the energy of this one.

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 35.7007, -84.2398. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Loudon County, TN 8 km (5 mi) WNW earthquakes near Loudon County
Monroe County, TN 28 km (17 mi) S earthquakes near Monroe County
Blount County, TN 29 km (18 mi) E earthquakes near Blount County
Roane County, TN 30 km (19 mi) WNW earthquakes near Roane County
Knox County, TN 42 km (26 mi) NE earthquakes near Knox County
McMinn County, TN 46 km (29 mi) SW earthquakes near McMinn County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.9 2 km S of Knoxville, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 6 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  3. 2.5 6 km ENE of Decatur, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 3 km WNW of Madisonville, Tennessee
  5. 2.2 4 km E of Maryville, Tennessee
  6. 2.1 6 km WNW of Vonore, Tennessee
  7. 2.0 4 km ESE of Huntsville, Tennessee
  8. 2.2 5 km ENE of Wildwood, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 2 km WNW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 1 km ESE of Farragut, Tennessee
  11. 2.3 6 km SE of Englewood, Tennessee
  12. 1.7 10 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 8 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 12 km SSE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  15. 1.7 6 km WSW of Tellico Village, 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

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