Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.1md
10 km SSW of Dillsboro, North Carolina
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.1 (md)
- Depth
- 0.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Jackson County, 17 km E
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 84 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 40 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 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.1 about 40 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 35.2912, -83.3088. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson County, NC | 17 km (10 mi) | W of here | earthquakes near Jackson County |
| Macon County, NC | 18 km (11 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near Macon County |
| Swain County, NC | 34 km (21 mi) | SSE of here | earthquakes near Swain County |
| Haywood County, NC | 42 km (26 mi) | SW of here | earthquakes near Haywood County |
| Transylvania County, NC | 46 km (28 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Transylvania County |
| Rabun County, GA | 46 km (29 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Rabun County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
3 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 8 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
- 2.0 7 km SSW of Canton, North Carolina
- 1.8 8 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.
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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