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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.5md

4 km NNE of Greenback, Tennessee

· 9.9 km deep · released about 160 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loudon County 14 kmBlount County 21 kmMonroe County 30 kmRoane County 37 kmKnox County 38 kmAnderson County 46 kmGraham County 49 kmMcMinn County 52 kmSevier County 58 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.5 (md)
Depth
9.9 km below the surface
Felt
6 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Loudon County, 14 km WNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1065 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 6 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 160 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 92,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 65,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.8× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.5 about 160 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 35.7042, -84.1587. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loudon County, TN 14 km (9 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Blount County, TN 21 km (13 mi) W of here earthquakes near Blount County
Monroe County, TN 30 km (18 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Roane County, TN 37 km (23 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Roane County
Knox County, TN 38 km (23 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Anderson County, TN 46 km (29 mi) S of here earthquakes near Anderson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.1 16 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  2. 2.2 4 km N of Englewood, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
  4. 2.3 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 6 km ENE of Etowah, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 4 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 3 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 6 km E of Friendsville, Tennessee
  9. 1.7 6 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
  10. 1.6 16 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  11. 1.8 4 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  12. 1.9 1 km WNW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  13. 2.3 1 km NW of Niota, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 7 km SW of Maryville, Tennessee
  15. 2.1 7 km SW of Maryville, 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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