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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

5 km S of Greenback, Tennessee

· 18 km deep · released about 40 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Loudon County 19 kmMonroe County 20 kmBlount County 23 kmRoane County 41 kmGraham County 42 kmMcMinn County 46 kmKnox County 47 kmCherokee County 54 kmAnderson County 56 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
18 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Loudon County, 19 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1277 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 380,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 270,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 24× the energy of this one
  4. 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 35.6148, -84.1652. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Loudon County, TN 19 km (12 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Monroe County, TN 20 km (12 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Blount County, TN 23 km (15 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Blount County
Roane County, TN 41 km (26 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Roane County
Graham County, NC 42 km (26 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Graham County
McMinn County, TN 46 km (29 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMinn County

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

Aftershocks so far

49 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 2.1 7 km SW of Maryville, Tennessee
  2. 2.3 7 km SW of Maryville, Tennessee
  3. 2.0 0 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 5 km NNE of Niota, Tennessee
  5. 2.0 5 km S of Englewood, Tennessee
  6. 1.7 2 km SSE of Philadelphia, Tennessee
  7. 1.9 3 km N of Madisonville, Tennessee
  8. 1.8 11 km SW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  9. 1.6 7 km W of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  10. 1.9 11 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
  11. 2.0 5 km NW of Madisonville, Tennessee
  12. 2.2 11 km SE of Townsend, Tennessee
  13. 1.6 6 km E of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  14. 1.8 3 km W of Maryville, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 14 km SE of Vonore, 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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