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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.1md

1 km SW of Sevierville, Tennessee

· 6.2 km deep · released about 37 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Sevier County 9 kmJefferson County 25 kmSwain County 33 kmKnox County 36 kmBlount County 36 kmCocke County 42 kmGrainger County 47 kmHamblen County 49 kmUnion County 53 km
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When
Magnitude
M 2.1 (md)
Depth
6.2 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Sevier County, 9 km SSE
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 763 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 37 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 5.8 410,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 290,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 26× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.1 about 37 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 35.8560, -83.5777. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Sevier County, TN 9 km (6 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Jefferson County, TN 25 km (15 mi) SSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Swain County, NC 33 km (21 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Swain County
Knox County, TN 36 km (22 mi) ESE of here earthquakes near Knox County
Blount County, TN 36 km (23 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Blount County
Cocke County, TN 42 km (26 mi) W of here earthquakes near Cocke County

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

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 2.3 1 km W of Rutledge, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 4 km WNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  3. 1.9 3 km NW of Mascot, Tennessee
  4. 1.8 5 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
  5. 1.7 4 km NE of Louisville, Tennessee
  6. 2.0 3 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
  7. 2.2 3 km WSW of Alcoa, Tennessee
  8. 2.3 4 km N of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
  9. 1.8 8 km NNW of Bryson City, North Carolina
  10. 2.1 2 km S of Blaine, Tennessee
  11. 2.1 7 km SE of Knoxville, Tennessee
  12. 1.9 5 km NNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  13. 1.9 9 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee
  14. 1.8 2 km WNW of Maryville, Tennessee
  15. 1.8 0 km ESE of Knoxville, 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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