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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.9md

8 km WNW of Rutledge, Tennessee

· 10 km deep · released about 25 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Grainger County 9 kmUnion County 21 kmClaiborne County 22 kmHamblen County 32 kmJefferson County 33 kmHancock County 41 kmKnox County 46 kmBell County 47 kmCampbell County 51 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 1.9 (md)
Depth
10 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Grainger County, 9 km ESE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 791 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 25 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.9 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 620,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 440,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 39× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.9 about 25 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 36.3105, -83.6065. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Grainger County, TN 9 km (6 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Grainger County
Union County, TN 21 km (13 mi) E of here earthquakes near Union County
Claiborne County, TN 22 km (14 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near Claiborne County
Hamblen County, TN 32 km (20 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Hamblen County
Jefferson County, TN 33 km (20 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Hancock County, TN 41 km (26 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Hancock County

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

Aftershocks so far

22 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. 2.1 7 km SE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  6. 1.9 5 km NNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  7. 1.9 9 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee
  8. 2.1 5 km ESE of Pineville, Kentucky
  9. 2.6 11 km SW of Middlesboro, Kentucky
  10. 1.8 0 km ESE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  11. 2.2 10 km ENE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  12. 2.3 11 km ESE of Mascot, Tennessee
  13. 2.0 8 km ENE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 16 km N of Maynardville, Tennessee
  15. 2.1 8 km ENE of Seymour, 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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