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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

11 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee

· 11 km deep · released about 30 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 10 kmLoudon County 29 kmBlount County 30 kmGraham County 35 kmCherokee County 42 kmMcMinn County 42 kmRoane County 50 kmPolk County 55 kmKnox County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
11 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity I
Nearest
Monroe County, 10 km SW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2266 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 30 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 500,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 350,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 32× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 30 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 35.5028, -84.1660. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 10 km (6 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Loudon County, TN 29 km (18 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Blount County, TN 30 km (19 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Graham County, NC 35 km (22 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Graham County
Cherokee County, NC 42 km (26 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
McMinn County, TN 42 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMinn County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.0 5 km E of Riceville, Tennessee
  2. 1.7 6 km E of Townsend, Tennessee
  3. 2.5 Tennessee-North Carolina border region
  4. 1.6 13 km E of Benton, Tennessee
  5. 2.7 19 km NNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  6. 1.9 7 km S of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  7. 2.3 6 km N of Ducktown, Tennessee
  8. 1.9 6 km E of Friendsville, Tennessee
  9. 1.5 14 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  10. 2.8 6 km SE of Englewood, Tennessee
  11. 1.5 5 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  12. 2.0 3 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  13. 2.1 11 km S of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  14. 1.9 7 km WSW of Maryville, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 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.

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