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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.6md

2 km E of Tellico Plains, Tennessee

· 16 km deep · released about 6.4 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Monroe County 9 kmCherokee County 31 kmMcMinn County 33 kmPolk County 38 kmGraham County 39 kmLoudon County 41 kmBlount County 47 kmMeigs County 53 kmFannin County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.6 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Monroe County, 9 km N
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 919 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 6.4 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,700,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 150× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.6 about 6.4 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 35.3680, -84.2623. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Monroe County, TN 9 km (6 mi) S of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Cherokee County, NC 31 km (20 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Cherokee County
McMinn County, TN 33 km (21 mi) E of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Polk County, TN 38 km (24 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Polk County
Graham County, NC 39 km (24 mi) W of here earthquakes near Graham County
Loudon County, TN 41 km (26 mi) S of here earthquakes near Loudon County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 12 km S of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  2. 2.3 7 km SSE of Charleston, Tennessee
  3. 2.4 4 km E of Athens, Tennessee
  4. 1.9 20 km WNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  5. 2.2 20 km WNW of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina
  6. 2.6 2 km E of Greenback, Tennessee
  7. 1.8 2 km S of Niota, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 13 km ESE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  9. 2.1 0 km S of Loudon, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 2 km NE of Niota, Tennessee
  11. 4.1 21 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee
  12. 2.0 5 km NE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 6 km NW of Madisonville, Tennessee
  14. 1.6 3 km ENE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
  15. 2.1 12 km E of Benton, 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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