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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 1.5md

3 km N of Englewood, Tennessee

· 16 km deep · released about 5.7 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N McMinn County 12 kmMonroe County 22 kmMeigs County 30 kmLoudon County 35 kmPolk County 39 kmRoane County 44 kmRhea County 45 kmBradley County 47 kmCherokee County 52 km
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When
Magnitude
M 1.5 (md)
Depth
16 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
McMinn County, 12 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1168 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 5.7 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,600,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,900,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 170× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.5 about 5.7 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 35.4535, -84.4873. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
McMinn County, TN 12 km (8 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near McMinn County
Monroe County, TN 22 km (13 mi) W of here earthquakes near Monroe County
Meigs County, TN 30 km (19 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Meigs County
Loudon County, TN 35 km (22 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Loudon County
Polk County, TN 39 km (24 mi) N of here earthquakes near Polk County
Roane County, TN 44 km (27 mi) S of here earthquakes near Roane County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.2 4 km N of Englewood, Tennessee
  2. 1.9 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
  3. 2.3 2 km NE of Greenback, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 6 km ENE of Etowah, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 4 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  6. 2.1 3 km ENE of Niota, Tennessee
  7. 1.6 9 km SW of Spring City, Tennessee
  8. 1.7 6 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
  9. 1.6 16 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee
  10. 1.8 4 km SSW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  11. 1.9 1 km WNW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  12. 2.3 1 km NW of Niota, Tennessee
  13. 2.0 4 km SSW of Benton, Tennessee
  14. 2.3 7 km SW of Maryville, Tennessee
  15. 1.8 5 km NNE of Niota, 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 21,000 times the energy of this one.

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.

On USGS

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