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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

11 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee

· 19 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blount County 9 kmLoudon County 27 kmMonroe County 32 kmKnox County 37 kmGraham County 40 kmSevier County 47 kmRoane County 49 kmSwain County 52 kmAnderson County 52 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 2.5 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Blount County, 9 km ENE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2087 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 5 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 75,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.7× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 140 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 35.6668, -84.0247. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Blount County, TN 9 km (6 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Loudon County, TN 27 km (17 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Monroe County, TN 32 km (20 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Knox County, TN 37 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Graham County, NC 40 km (25 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Graham County
Sevier County, TN 47 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Sevier County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km NNW of Wildwood, Tennessee
  2. 2.1 2 km NW of Wildwood, Tennessee
  3. 2.1 1 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  4. 1.9 6 km NW of Lenoir City, Tennessee
  5. 2.6 9 km ENE of Garland, Tennessee
  6. 1.6 2 km ENE of Loudon, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 6 km NW of Vonore, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 5 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  9. 1.5 12 km ESE of Madisonville, Tennessee
  10. 2.4 7 km NNE of Garland, Tennessee
  11. 1.6 7 km ESE of Vonore, Tennessee
  12. 1.7 6 km E of Townsend, Tennessee
  13. 2.5 Tennessee-North Carolina border region
  14. 2.7 19 km NNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  15. 1.9 7 km S of Sweetwater, 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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