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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.7md

0 km S of Laurel Park, North Carolina

· 1.5 km deep · released about 330 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Henderson County 4 kmPolk County 30 kmTransylvania County 31 kmBuncombe County 34 kmGreenville County 47 kmPickens County 51 kmHaywood County 52 kmRutherford County 53 kmJackson County 57 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 2.7 (md)
Depth
1.5 km below the surface
Felt
882 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Henderson County, 4 km NNE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 968 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 882 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 330 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 46,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 33,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.7 about 330 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 35.3063, -82.4927. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Henderson County, NC 4 km (2 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Henderson County
Polk County, NC 30 km (18 mi) W of here earthquakes near Polk County
Transylvania County, NC 31 km (19 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Transylvania County
Buncombe County, NC 34 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Buncombe County
Greenville County, SC 47 km (29 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Greenville County
Pickens County, SC 51 km (32 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Pickens 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. 2.3 7 km SE of Brevard, North Carolina
  2. 2.1 8 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  3. 2.0 8 km ENE of Weaverville, North Carolina
  4. 2.0 7 km SSW of Canton, North Carolina
  5. 1.8 8 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  6. 1.8 8 km SSE of Clyde, North Carolina
  7. 2.0 7 km SSE of Clyde, North Carolina
  8. 2.1 8 km S of West Canton, North Carolina
  9. 1.7 8 km ENE of Weaverville, North Carolina
  10. 1.9 7 km SSE of Clyde, North Carolina
  11. 1.9 8 km E of Weaverville, North Carolina
  12. 1.9 4 km N of West Canton, North Carolina
  13. 1.6 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  14. 1.7 5 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  15. 1.7 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina

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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