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Minor earthquake, 3.50999999 mag strikes near Greenback in Tennessee


Earthquake location 35.546333312988S, -83.990165710449WA minor earthquake with magnitude 3.50999999 (ml/mb) was reported 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Greenback in Tennessee on Saturday. All ids that are associated to the event: se60605931, us7000pyf4. Unique identifier: se60605931. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 26.14999961853 km (16 miles). The 3.50999999-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 13:04:20 / 1:04 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of event in UTC/GMT: 10/05/25 / 2025-05-10 13:04:20 / May 10, 2025 @ 1:04 pm. Exact location of event, depth 26.14999961853 km, -83.990165710449° West, 35.546333312988° North.

Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Cullowhee, Jefferson City, Rockwood (min 5000 pop). Event epicenter was 46 km (29 miles) from Knoxville (c. 178 900 pop), 57 km (36 miles) from Oak Ridge (c. 29 300 pop), 23 km (15 miles) from Maryville (c. 27 500 pop), 40 km (25 miles) from Farragut (c. 20 700 pop), 53 km (33 miles) from Sevierville (c. 14 800 pop), 56 km (35 miles) from Athens (c. 13 500 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected).

Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days one and in the last 365 days one earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has occurred nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.

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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 20 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.

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More information

Parameter Value Description
Magnitude 3.50999999 mb The magnitude for the event.
Longitude -83.990165710449° West Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude 35.546333312988° North Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth 26.14999961853 km Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place 20 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time 2025-05-10 13:04:20 Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated 2025-05-10 13:12:54 Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt 155 The total number of felt reports
CDI 4.7 The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status reviewed Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami 0 This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG 262 A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network se The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources ,se,us, A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used 27 The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance 0.09515 Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square 0.140000001 sec The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap 40 The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type md The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type earthquake Type of seismic event.
Event ID se60605931 Id of event.
Event Code 60605931 An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS ,se60605931,us7000pyf4, A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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