Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.3md
17 km SSW of Tellico Plains, Tennessee
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.3 (md)
- Depth
- 13 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Polk County, 19 km SW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 59 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 79 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.3 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 190,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 130,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 12× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.3 about 79 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 35.2197, -84.3763. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polk County, TN | 19 km (12 mi) | NE of here | earthquakes near Polk County |
| Monroe County, TN | 28 km (17 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near Monroe County |
| Cherokee County, NC | 30 km (19 mi) | WNW of here | earthquakes near Cherokee County |
| McMinn County, TN | 32 km (20 mi) | SE of here | earthquakes near McMinn County |
| Fannin County, GA | 40 km (25 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Fannin County |
| Bradley County, TN | 45 km (28 mi) | E of here | earthquakes near Bradley County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
4 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 1 km ENE of Sweetwater, Tennessee
- 1.6 8 km E of Englewood, Tennessee
- 1.8 8 km E of Englewood, Tennessee
- 2.0 8 km SSE of Etowah, 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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