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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

10 km W of Forest Hills, North Carolina

· 0.8 km deep · released about 250 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Jackson County 17 kmMacon County 18 kmSwain County 35 kmHaywood County 43 kmRabun County 45 kmTransylvania County 46 kmClay County 48 kmGraham County 48 kmTowns County 57 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.6 (md)
Depth
0.8 km below the surface
Felt
424 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Jackson County, 17 km E
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2572 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 424 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 250 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 61,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 43,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 250 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 35.2835, -83.3098. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Jackson County, NC 17 km (10 mi) W of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Macon County, NC 18 km (11 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Macon County
Swain County, NC 35 km (22 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Swain County
Haywood County, NC 43 km (27 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Haywood County
Rabun County, GA 45 km (28 mi) N of here earthquakes near Rabun County
Transylvania County, NC 46 km (28 mi) W of here earthquakes near Transylvania County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  2. 1.7 5 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  3. 1.7 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  4. 1.9 7 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  5. 1.7 10 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  6. 2.0 11 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  7. 1.7 12 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  8. 2.2 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  9. 2.1 4 km WSW of Rosman, North Carolina
  10. 1.5 7 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  11. 1.8 3 km WSW of Rosman, North Carolina
  12. 1.8 11 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  13. 2.1 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  14. 2.0 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  15. 2.2 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina

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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