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M 2.8md

4 km N of West Canton, North Carolina

· 1.3 km deep · released about 420 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Haywood County 11 kmBuncombe County 30 kmMadison County 35 kmJackson County 40 kmTransylvania County 41 kmHenderson County 44 kmCocke County 44 kmSwain County 55 kmYancey County 61 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.8 (md)
Depth
1.3 km below the surface
Felt
175 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
Nearest
Haywood County, 11 km W
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 505 days ago

This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 175 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 420 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.8 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 36,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 26,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 2.3× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.8 about 420 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 35.5760, -82.8617. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Haywood County, NC 11 km (7 mi) E of here earthquakes near Haywood County
Buncombe County, NC 30 km (19 mi) W of here earthquakes near Buncombe County
Madison County, NC 35 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Madison County
Jackson County, NC 40 km (25 mi) NE of here earthquakes near Jackson County
Transylvania County, NC 41 km (25 mi) N of here earthquakes near Transylvania County
Henderson County, NC 44 km (27 mi) NW of here earthquakes near Henderson County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 7 km SE of Brevard, North Carolina
  2. 2.1 8 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  3. 2.0 8 km ENE of Weaverville, North Carolina
  4. 2.0 7 km SSW of Canton, North Carolina
  5. 1.8 8 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  6. 1.8 8 km SSE of Clyde, North Carolina
  7. 2.0 7 km SSE of Clyde, North Carolina
  8. 2.1 8 km S of West Canton, North Carolina
  9. 1.7 8 km ENE of Weaverville, North Carolina
  10. 1.9 7 km SSE of Clyde, North Carolina
  11. 1.9 8 km E of Weaverville, North Carolina
  12. 1.9 4 km N of West Canton, North Carolina
  13. 1.6 9 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  14. 1.7 5 km W of Rosman, North Carolina
  15. 1.7 9 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.

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