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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

6 km E of Sneedville, Tennessee

· 9.8 km deep · released about 150 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Hancock County 7 kmLee County 19 kmHawkins County 22 kmHarlan County 37 kmHamblen County 37 kmGrainger County 43 kmClaiborne County 46 kmGreene County 48 kmScott County 52 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
9.8 km below the surface
Felt
5 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Hancock County, 7 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1195 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 150 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 99,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 70,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.2× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 150 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 36.5358, -83.1498. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Hancock County, TN 7 km (4 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Lee County, VA 19 km (12 mi) S of here earthquakes near Lee County
Hawkins County, TN 22 km (13 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hawkins County
Harlan County, KY 37 km (23 mi) S of here earthquakes near Harlan County
Hamblen County, TN 37 km (23 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Hamblen County
Grainger County, TN 43 km (27 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Grainger County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km W of Rutledge, Tennessee
  2. 2.1 5 km NE of Clinchport, Virginia
  3. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pineville, Kentucky
  4. 2.4 5 km NNE of Bean Station, Tennessee
  5. 2.3 8 km NNW of Greeneville, Tennessee
  6. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  7. 2.3 2 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 9 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 7 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 8 km WNW of Rutledge, Tennessee
  11. 2.4 2 km ESE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  12. 1.9 1 km SW of Fall Branch, Tennessee
  13. 1.8 4 km S of New Tazewell, Tennessee
  14. 1.9 1 km NE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  15. 2.2 9 km SSW of Cumberland, 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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