M1.6 earthquake 3 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Ridgely, Tennessee on Thu, Feb 12, 1981, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC), 5 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 7 km W of Henning, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1981-02-12 17:00:51 UTC
- Depth
- 5.0 km (3.1 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.250° N, 89.520° W
- Region
- Tennessee
- Tsunami flag
- No
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
Did you feel it?
No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.
How well it is located
Reviewed by a seismologist.
- Depth from
- From location
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 21 in the 60 days after this one and 10 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.56 km N of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16654 days ago · 10 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.87 km W of Henning, Tennessee · 16654 days ago · 10 km deep · 65 km away
- 1.86 km ENE of Steele, Missouri · 16653 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.58 km ENE of Hayward, Missouri · 16650 days ago · 12 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 16648 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 1.512 km N of Dyersburg, Tennessee · 16645 days ago · 5 km deep · 15 km away
- 1.52 km SW of Dell, Arkansas · 16642 days ago · 2 km deep · 67 km away
- 1.61 km SSE of Lilbourn, Missouri · 16640 days ago · 5 km deep · 38 km away
- 1.53 km N of Dell, Arkansas · 16632 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.55 km ENE of Hayward, Missouri · 16625 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
- 1.69 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 16622 days ago · 4 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.63 km WSW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 16621 days ago · 7 km deep · 13 km away
- 1.73 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16621 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.52 km N of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16620 days ago · 7 km deep · 5 km away
- 1.82 km NNW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16609 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
- 1.59 km SE of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16609 days ago · 10 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.84 km N of Blytheville, Arkansas · 16606 days ago · 13 km deep · 48 km away
- 1.67 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 16604 days ago · 7 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.06 km ENE of Manila, Arkansas · 16604 days ago · 10 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.92 km NE of Howardville, Missouri · 16600 days ago · 9 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.62 km SSW of Howardville, Missouri · 16600 days ago · 2 km deep · 34 km away
Before
- 1.58 km NW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 16658 days ago · 6 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.74 km SE of Mound City, Illinois · 16659 days ago · 2 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.75 km WNW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16660 days ago · 4 km deep · 4 km away
- 2.54 km NNE of Covington, Tennessee · 16662 days ago · 14 km deep · 73 km away
- 2.55 km SE of Hayward, Missouri · 16663 days ago · 14 km deep · 16 km away
- 1.97 km S of Caraway, Arkansas · 16664 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away
- 1.56 km NW of Ridgely, Tennessee · 16665 days ago · 5 km deep · 7 km away
- 1.79 km NNW of Tiptonville, Tennessee · 16666 days ago · 6 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.60 km ENE of Burdette, Arkansas · 16673 days ago · 19 km deep · 60 km away
- 1.86 km ESE of Marston, Missouri · 16685 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nm601372. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 8:27 PM UTC.