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M 1.8md

12 km W of New Tazewell, Tennessee

· 19 km deep · released about 17 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Claiborne County 11 kmUnion County 18 kmGrainger County 26 kmBell County 34 kmCampbell County 38 kmHancock County 47 kmHamblen County 48 kmJefferson County 50 kmWhitley County 52 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.8 (md)
Depth
19 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Claiborne County, 11 km NE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 746 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 17 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 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.8 about 17 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 36.4290, -83.7363. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Claiborne County, TN 11 km (7 mi) SW of here earthquakes near Claiborne County
Union County, TN 18 km (11 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Union County
Grainger County, TN 26 km (16 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Grainger County
Bell County, KY 34 km (21 mi) S of here earthquakes near Bell County
Campbell County, TN 38 km (24 mi) E of here earthquakes near Campbell County
Hancock County, TN 47 km (29 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Hancock County

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

Aftershocks so far

17 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. 2.2 10 km ENE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  10. 2.3 11 km ESE of Mascot, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 8 km ENE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  12. 2.3 10 km S of Jellico, Tennessee
  13. 2.3 16 km N of Maynardville, Tennessee
  14. 2.4 5 km NNE of Bean Station, Tennessee
  15. 2.4 5 km ENE of Harrogate, 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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