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M 2.2md
Earthquake near Clinton, TN
No earthquake was likely felt in Clinton in the 24 hours to 3:23 pm EST (20:23 UTC). The last one was M 2.2, 24 km (15 mi) SW, at 3:07 am EDT on 12 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 1 felt report to USGS. Every earthquake near Clinton
This page: a magnitude 2.2 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) west of Clinton, TN, at 7:07 am EST on 17 January 2024 (12:07 UTC), 4.2 km deep.
USGS: 9 km W of Clinton, Tennessee
29 km (18 mi) WNW of Knoxville, TN
- When
- 7:07 am EST on 17 January 2024 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) west of Clinton, TN · earthquakes near Clinton
- Magnitude
- M 2.2 (md)
- Depth
- 4.2 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Anderson County, 4 km NE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1029 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, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 34 km (21 mi) from the epicentre. In Clinton, 9 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.
Likely felt in: Farragut 24 km, intensity II · Knoxville 32 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 69 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 220,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 150,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 14× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.2 about 69 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 36.0953, -84.2318. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson County, TN | 4 km (3 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Anderson County |
| Knox County, TN | 29 km (18 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Knox County |
| Campbell County, TN | 35 km (22 mi) | N | earthquakes near Campbell County |
| Morgan County, TN | 37 km (23 mi) | W | earthquakes near Morgan County |
| Roane County, TN | 38 km (24 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Roane County |
| Loudon County, TN | 41 km (25 mi) | S | earthquakes near Loudon County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
52 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.0 4 km WNW of Mascot, Tennessee
- 1.9 3 km NW of Mascot, Tennessee
- 1.8 0 km SE of Farragut, Tennessee
- 2.3 1 km S of Friendsville, Tennessee
- 1.8 5 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
- 2.4 5 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
- 1.7 4 km NE of Louisville, Tennessee
- 2.0 3 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
- 2.2 3 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
- 2.3 4 km SSW of Kingston, Tennessee
- 2.5 8 km NNE of Petros, Tennessee
- 2.1 2 km S of Blaine, Tennessee
- 2.1 7 km SE of Knoxville, Tennessee
- 1.9 5 km NNW of Mascot, Tennessee
- 1.9 9 km WSW of Mascot, 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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