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M 1.8md
Earthquake near Farragut, TN
No earthquake was likely felt in Farragut in the 24 hours to 12:03 pm EST (17:03 UTC). The last one was M 2.4, 19 km (12 mi) W, at 1:54 am EDT on 30 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 3 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Farragut
This page: a magnitude 1.8 earthquake was recorded 7 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Farragut, TN, at 9:28 pm EDT on 16 March 2023 (01:28 UTC), 21 km deep.
USGS: 6 km NNW of Farragut, Tennessee
22 km (13 mi) W of Knoxville, TN
- When
- 9:28 pm EDT on 16 March 2023 ()
- Where
- 7 km (4 mi) north-northwest of Farragut, TN · earthquakes near Farragut
- Magnitude
- M 1.8 (md)
- Depth
- 21 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anderson County, 20 km N
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1335 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. In Farragut, 7 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Oak Ridge, Lenoir City, Oliver Springs, Louisville, Clinton, Coalfield.
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.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 900,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 640,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 57× the energy of this one
- 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km.
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 35.9412, -84.1870. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | 20 km (12 mi) | N | earthquakes near Anderson County |
| Knox County, TN | 23 km (14 mi) | ENE | earthquakes near Knox County |
| Loudon County, TN | 26 km (16 mi) | SSW | earthquakes near Loudon County |
| Roane County, TN | 32 km (20 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Roane County |
| Blount County, TN | 37 km (23 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Blount County |
| Morgan County, TN | 46 km (29 mi) | WNW | earthquakes near Morgan County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
48 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.6 7 km WSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
- 2.1 8 km ENE of Seymour, Tennessee
- 2.0 6 km SSE of Vonore, Tennessee
- 1.7 7 km ESE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
- 1.8 7 km ESE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
- 1.8 5 km S of Louisville, Tennessee
- 1.8 6 km SSE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
- 2.3 6 km SW of Maryville, Tennessee
- 1.5 6 km SSW of Louisville, Tennessee
- 1.8 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
- 1.9 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
- 2.3 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
- 2.1 6 km E of Friendsville, Tennessee
- 1.7 6 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
- 1.8 4 km SSW of Tellico Village, 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.
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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