A minor earthquake magnitude 3.07 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Vonore in Tennessee on Sunday. The 3.07-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 15:10:29 / 3:10 pm (local time epicenter). Exact time and date of earthquake 23/12/18 / 2018-12-23 20:10:29 / December 23, 2018 @ 8:10 pm UTC/GMT. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 19.78 km (12 miles). Exact location of event, depth 19.78 km, -84.1559982° West, 35.4959984° North. All ids that are associated to the event: se60222627. Unique identifier: se60222627.
Epicenter of the earthquake was 56 km (35 miles) from Knoxville (c. 178 900 pop), 75 km (47 miles) from Cleveland (c. 41 300 pop), 58 km (36 miles) from Oak Ridge (c. 29 300 pop), 33 km (21 miles) from Maryville (c. 27 500 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Farragut (c. 20 700 pop). Nearby country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Dayton, South Cleveland, Cleveland (min 5000 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days one, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world each year.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 13 km SE of Vonore, Tennessee.
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