A minor earthquake magnitude 2.85 (ml/mb) strikes 4 kilometers (2 miles) from Louisville in Tennessee on Monday. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: se60163236. Id of event: se60163236. The 2.85-magnitude earthquake was detected at 22:42:50 / 10:42 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 25/10/16 / 2016-10-25 02:42:50 / October 25, 2016 @ 2:42 am UTC/GMT. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 0.08 km (0 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of earthquake, -84.0951691° West, 35.8068352° North, depth 0.08 km.
Epicenter of the event was 23 km (14 miles) from Knoxville (c. 178 900 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Oak Ridge (c. 29 300 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Maryville (c. 27 500 pop), 10 km (6 miles) from Farragut (c. 20 700 pop), 49 km (30 miles) from Sevierville (c. 14 800 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Fairfield Glade, Jefferson City, LaFollette (min 5000 pop). Close country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been 0, in the last 10 days 0, in the past 30 days 0 and in the last 365 days 0 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that has struck near. Earthquakes 2.5 to 2.9 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 1,300,000 minor earthquakes in the world.
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