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Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.0md

8 km W of Seymour, Tennessee

· 12 km deep · released about 26 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Knox County 17 kmBlount County 23 kmSevier County 28 kmJefferson County 39 kmAnderson County 43 kmUnion County 45 kmSwain County 47 kmLoudon County 47 kmGrainger County 53 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.0 (md)
Depth
12 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Knox County, 17 km NW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 442 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 26 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.0 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 580,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 410,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 36× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.0 about 26 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 35.8755, -83.8198. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Knox County, TN 17 km (10 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Knox County
Blount County, TN 23 km (14 mi) NNE of here earthquakes near Blount County
Sevier County, TN 28 km (18 mi) WNW of here earthquakes near Sevier County
Jefferson County, TN 39 km (24 mi) WSW of here earthquakes near Jefferson County
Anderson County, TN 43 km (27 mi) SE of here earthquakes near Anderson County
Union County, TN 45 km (28 mi) S of here earthquakes near Union 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. 2.1 5 km NNE of Greenback, Tennessee
  2. 2.0 1 km S of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  3. 2.1 1 km S of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  4. 2.0 3 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  5. 2.2 9 km S of Oak Ridge, Tennessee
  6. 1.5 12 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee
  7. 2.0 3 km ESE of Tellico Village, Tennessee
  8. 2.0 4 km WNW of Mascot, Tennessee
  9. 1.9 3 km NW of Mascot, Tennessee
  10. 1.8 0 km SE of Farragut, Tennessee
  11. 2.3 1 km S of Friendsville, Tennessee
  12. 1.8 5 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
  13. 2.4 5 km SSE of Friendsville, Tennessee
  14. 1.7 4 km NE of Louisville, Tennessee
  15. 2.0 3 km WSW of Alcoa, 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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