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M 2.3md

4 km W of Evarts, Kentucky

· 9.4 km deep · released about 72 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Harlan County 2 kmLee County 21 kmLeslie County 28 kmHancock County 38 kmPerry County 42 kmBell County 42 kmLetcher County 44 kmClay County 53 kmHawkins County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.3 (md)
Depth
9.4 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Harlan County, 2 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2167 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 72 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 5.8 210,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 13× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.3 about 72 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 36.8672, -83.2428. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Harlan County, KY 2 km (1 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Harlan County
Lee County, VA 21 km (13 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Lee County
Leslie County, KY 28 km (17 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Leslie County
Hancock County, TN 38 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Perry County, KY 42 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Perry County
Bell County, KY 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Bell County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pineville, Kentucky
  2. 2.5 9 km NE of Flat Lick, Kentucky
  3. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  4. 2.7 18 km SSE of Hyden, Kentucky
  5. 2.2 9 km SSW of Cumberland, Kentucky
  6. 2.4 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  7. 2.5 5 km SW of Benham, Kentucky
  8. 2.0 8 km SW of Cawood, Kentucky
  9. 2.3 4 km E of Harrogate, Tennessee
  10. 2.2 12 km SW of Pathfork, Kentucky
  11. 2.2 10 km WSW of Hyden, Kentucky
  12. 2.5 6 km E of Sneedville, Tennessee
  13. 3.1 Tennessee-Virginia border region
  14. 2.0 1 km SSW of Cawood, 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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