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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.4md

19 km W of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina

· 14 km deep · released about 110 lb of TNT

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When
Magnitude
M 2.4 (md)
Depth
14 km below the surface
Felt
7 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Monroe County, 19 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2240 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 7 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 110 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 140,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 99,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 8.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 110 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 35.3470, -84.0787. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 19 km (12 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Graham County, NC 22 km (14 mi) W of here earthquakes near Graham County
Cherokee County, NC 23 km (15 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
Blount County, TN 40 km (25 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Clay County, NC 44 km (27 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Clay County
Loudon County, TN 48 km (30 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loudon 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. 1.6 2 km ENE of Loudon, Tennessee
  2. 1.8 6 km NW of Vonore, Tennessee
  3. 1.8 5 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  4. 1.9 8 km SSE of Etowah, Tennessee
  5. 1.5 12 km ESE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  7. 1.6 13 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  8. 2.7 19 km NNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  9. 1.9 7 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 6 km N of Ducktown, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 6 km E of Friendsville, Tennessee
  12. 1.5 14 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  13. 2.8 6 km SE of Englewood, Tennessee
  14. 1.5 5 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 3 km SSW 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.

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