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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.8md

8 km NW of Fincastle, Tennessee

· 12 km deep · released about 530 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Campbell County 9 kmWhitley County 32 kmUnion County 32 kmScott County 36 kmAnderson County 40 kmClaiborne County 40 kmMcCreary County 45 kmBell County 48 kmKnox 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 2.8 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
26 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Campbell County, 9 km SSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1022 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 26 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 530 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 29,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 20,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 1.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 530 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 36.4717, -84.1102. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Campbell County, TN 9 km (6 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Campbell County
Whitley County, KY 32 km (20 mi) S of here earthquakes near Whitley County
Union County, TN 32 km (20 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Union County
Scott County, TN 36 km (22 mi) E of here earthquakes near Scott County
Anderson County, TN 40 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near Anderson County
Claiborne County, TN 40 km (25 mi) W of here earthquakes near Claiborne County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.5 8 km NNE of Petros, Tennessee
  2. 2.6 11 km SW of Middlesboro, Kentucky
  3. 2.3 10 km S of Jellico, Tennessee
  4. 2.3 16 km N of Maynardville, Tennessee
  5. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  6. 1.8 12 km W of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  7. 1.9 8 km WNW of Rutledge, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 4 km S of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 7 km SW of Stearns, Kentucky
  10. 1.9 1 km WSW of Plainview, Tennessee
  11. 2.2 9 km W of Clinton, Tennessee
  12. 2.8 Kentucky-Tennessee border region
  13. 1.8 6 km NNE of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 4 km E of Harrogate, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 6 km WSW of New Tazewell, 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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