Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1md
4 km NNW of Dayton, Tennessee
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 14 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Rhea County, 11 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 356 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 41 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.1 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 370,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 260,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 23× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 41 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 35.5307, -85.0395. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea County, TN | 11 km (7 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Rhea County |
| Bledsoe County, TN | 17 km (10 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Bledsoe County |
| Meigs County, TN | 20 km (13 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Meigs County |
| Sequatchie County, TN | 38 km (24 mi) | ENE of here | earthquakes near Sequatchie County |
| McMinn County, TN | 40 km (25 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near McMinn County |
| Van Buren County, TN | 42 km (26 mi) | ESE of here | earthquakes near Van Buren County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
9 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 11 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
- 2.4 10 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
- 1.7 6 km WNW of Sweetwater, Tennessee
- 1.9 4 km W of Etowah, Tennessee
- 2.0 6 km WSW of Riceville, Tennessee
- 1.9 5 km SSW of Riceville, Tennessee
- 1.9 8 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
- 1.8 6 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee
- 2.2 2 km W of Dayton, 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.4 on 2018-12-12 — it released about 2,900 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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