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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

13 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee

· 20 km deep · released about 33 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Blount County 18 kmMonroe County 22 kmLoudon County 29 kmGraham County 33 kmKnox County 47 kmCherokee County 49 kmRoane County 51 kmMcMinn County 53 kmSevier County 54 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
20 km below the surface
Felt
2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Blount County, 18 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 929 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 33 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 5.8 450,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 320,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 29× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 33 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 35.5783, -84.0627. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Blount County, TN 18 km (11 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Monroe County, TN 22 km (14 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Loudon County, TN 29 km (18 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Graham County, NC 33 km (21 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Graham County
Knox County, TN 47 km (29 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Knox County
Cherokee County, NC 49 km (30 mi) N of here earthquakes near Cherokee County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.6 6 km NW of Madisonville, Tennessee
  2. 1.6 3 km ENE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  3. 1.6 7 km WSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 6 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 7 km ESE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  6. 1.8 7 km ESE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 5 km S of Louisville, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 6 km SSE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  9. 2.3 6 km SW of Maryville, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 9 km NNE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  11. 1.5 6 km SSW of Louisville, Tennessee
  12. 1.8 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
  13. 2.1 16 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  14. 2.2 4 km N of Englewood, Tennessee
  15. 1.9 2 km NE of Greenback, 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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