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M 2.5md
Earthquake near Seymour, TN
No earthquake was likely felt in Seymour in the 24 hours to 3:06 am EST (08:06 UTC). The last one was M 2.1, 12 km (7 mi) SE, at 7:03 pm EST on 8 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Seymour
This page: a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Seymour, TN, at 3:29 pm EDT on 19 August 2025 (19:29 UTC), 15 km deep. 2 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 6 km SE of Seymour, Tennessee
28 km (17 mi) ESE of Knoxville, TN
- When
- 3:29 pm EDT on 19 August 2025 ()
- Where
- 6 km (4 mi) southeast of Seymour, TN · earthquakes near Seymour
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (md)
- Depth
- 15 km below the surface
- Felt
- 2 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Sevier County, 16 km ESE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 373 days ago
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This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 43 km (27 mi) from the epicentre. In Seymour, 6 km away, the estimate is intensity III (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: Seymour 6 km, intensity III · Sevierville 11 km, intensity III · Mascot 24 km, intensity II · Knoxville 25 km, intensity II · Maryville 28 km, intensity II · Farragut 43 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 170 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 89,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 63,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.6× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 170 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.1 on 2025-05-10 — about 250 times the energy of this one.
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 35.8472, -83.6828. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sevier County, TN | 16 km (10 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Sevier County |
| Blount County, TN | 28 km (17 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Blount County |
| Knox County, TN | 28 km (17 mi) | NW | earthquakes near Knox County |
| Jefferson County, TN | 31 km (19 mi) | NE | earthquakes near Jefferson County |
| Swain County, NC | 37 km (23 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Swain County |
| Grainger County, TN | 50 km (31 mi) | NNE | earthquakes near Grainger County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
32 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 2.1 7 km WNW of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- 2.1 6 km NNE of Rockford, Tennessee
- 1.7 5 km SSW of Maryville, Tennessee
- 2.1 5 km NNE of Greenback, Tennessee
- 1.5 12 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee
- 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 N of Pigeon Forge, 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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