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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.6md

9 km SSW of Abingdon, Virginia

· 4.5 km deep · released about 210 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Bristol city 12 kmWashington County 15 kmJohnson County 25 kmSullivan County 28 kmRussell County 34 kmCarter County 40 kmSmyth County 49 kmAshe County 51 kmWatauga 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 2.6 (md)
Depth
4.5 km below the surface
Felt
210 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Bristol city, 12 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1701 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 210 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 210 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.6 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 72,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 51,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.6× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.6 about 210 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 36.6318, -82.0253. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Bristol city, VA 12 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Bristol city
Washington County, VA 15 km (9 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Washington County
Johnson County, TN 25 km (15 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Johnson County
Sullivan County, TN 28 km (17 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Sullivan County
Russell County, VA 34 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Russell County
Carter County, TN 40 km (25 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Carter County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 8 km WNW of Roan Mountain, Tennessee
  2. 2.2 8 km ENE of Mountain City, 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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