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M 2.1md
Earthquake near Tellico Village, TN
No earthquake was likely felt in Tellico Village in the 24 hours to 4:17 am EST (09:17 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 2.1 earthquake was recorded 3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Tellico Village, TN, at 2:22 pm EST on 11 December 2019 (19:22 UTC), 21 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 2 km WNW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
43 km (27 mi) SW of Knoxville, TN
- When
- 2:22 pm EST on 11 December 2019 ()
- Where
- 3 km (2 mi) west-northwest of Tellico Village, TN · earthquakes near Tellico Village
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- 1 report · strongest reported intensity I
- Nearest
- Loudon County, 5 km NNW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2525 days ago
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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 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Tellico Village, 3 km away, the estimate is intensity II (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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Loudon, Greenback, Vonore, Lenoir City, Sweetwater, Madisonville.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 49 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 5.8 310,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 220,000× 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 49 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 2,500 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 35.6917, -84.2858. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loudon County, TN | 5 km (3 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near Loudon County |
| Monroe County, TN | 27 km (17 mi) | S | earthquakes near Monroe County |
| Roane County, TN | 28 km (17 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Roane County |
| Blount County, TN | 33 km (20 mi) | E | earthquakes near Blount County |
| McMinn County, TN | 42 km (26 mi) | SW | earthquakes near McMinn County |
| Knox County, TN | 46 km (29 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Knox 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.
- 1.8 4 km E of Niota, Tennessee
- 2.6 7 km WSW of Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1.5 11 km E of Kingston, Tennessee
- 1.8 11 km E of Kingston, Tennessee
- 1.9 Tennessee
- 2.0 2 km ESE of Friendsville, Tennessee
- 1.6 1 km W of Madisonville, Tennessee
- 1.7 5 km ENE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
- 2.2 3 km W of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.0 7 km WSW of Townsend, Tennessee
- 1.5 15 km ENE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
- 2.0 2 km S of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.0 2 km ENE of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.5 2 km SSW of Eagleton Village, Tennessee
- 1.8 6 km S of Friendsville, 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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