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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.8md

4 km S of New Tazewell, Tennessee

· 16 km deep · released about 16 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Claiborne County 12 kmGrainger County 16 kmUnion County 25 kmHancock County 35 kmHamblen County 36 kmBell County 37 kmJefferson County 42 kmCampbell County 51 kmLee County 53 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Claiborne County, 12 km NNW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 505 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 16 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 970,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 680,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 61× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 16 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 36.4038, -83.5942. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Claiborne County, TN 12 km (8 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Claiborne County
Grainger County, TN 16 km (10 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Grainger County
Union County, TN 25 km (16 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Union County
Hancock County, TN 35 km (22 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hancock County
Hamblen County, TN 36 km (22 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Hamblen County
Bell County, KY 37 km (23 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Bell County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km W of Rutledge, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 4 km WNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 3 km NW of Mascot, Tennessee
  4. 2.1 2 km S of Blaine, Tennessee
  5. 1.9 5 km NNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 9 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee
  7. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pineville, Kentucky
  8. 2.6 11 km SW of Middlesboro, Kentucky
  9. 2.3 11 km ESE of Mascot, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 10 km S of Jellico, Tennessee
  11. 2.3 16 km N of Maynardville, Tennessee
  12. 2.4 5 km NNE of Bean Station, Tennessee
  13. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 2 km ENE of Rutledge, Tennessee
  15. 2.1 9 km ENE of Rutledge, 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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