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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

5 km ENE of Pleasant View, Kentucky

· 25 km deep · released about 270 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Whitley County 9 kmKnox County 29 kmCampbell County 34 kmBell County 35 kmMcCreary County 37 kmClaiborne County 43 kmLaurel County 47 kmScott County 48 kmUnion County 50 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
25 km below the surface
Felt
9 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Whitley County, 9 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2614 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 9 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 270 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 57,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 40,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 3.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 270 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 36.6957, -84.0740. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Whitley County, KY 9 km (6 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Whitley County
Knox County, KY 29 km (18 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Campbell County, TN 34 km (21 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Campbell County
Bell County, KY 35 km (22 mi) W of here earthquakes near Bell County
McCreary County, KY 37 km (23 mi) E of here earthquakes near McCreary County
Claiborne County, TN 43 km (27 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Claiborne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pineville, Kentucky
  2. 2.6 11 km SW of Middlesboro, Kentucky
  3. 2.5 9 km NE of Flat Lick, Kentucky
  4. 2.3 10 km S of Jellico, Tennessee
  5. 2.3 16 km N of Maynardville, Tennessee
  6. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 12 km W of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 7 km SW of Stearns, Kentucky
  9. 2.8 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  10. 2.3 4 km E of Harrogate, Tennessee
  11. 2.2 12 km SW of Pathfork, Kentucky
  12. 2.0 6 km WSW of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  13. 2.5 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  14. 2.8 8 km NW of Fincastle, Tennessee
  15. 2.4 3 km W of Artemus, Kentucky

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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