M1.5 earthquake Tennessee
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Tennessee on Fri, Jan 8, 1988, 7:24 PM EST (00:24 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.5 3 km SE of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.5 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 1988-01-09 00:24:36 UTC
- Depth
- 10.7 km (6.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.280° N, 84.182° 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
- Station coverage gap
- 102°
- Stations used
- 27
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 3.212 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 14143 days ago · 12 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.911 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 14143 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
- 1.56 km W of Benton, Tennessee · 14134 days ago · 13 km deep · 51 km away
- 2.06 km SE of Madisonville, Tennessee · 14109 days ago · 19 km deep · 24 km away
- 1.7Tennessee-North Carolina border region · 14108 days ago · 17 km deep · 53 km away
- 2.53 km SSE of Riceville, Tennessee · 14108 days ago · 8 km deep · 45 km away
- 1.6Tennessee · 14107 days ago · 13 km deep · 37 km away
- 3.53 km SE of Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina · 14103 days ago · 2 km deep · 32 km away
Before
Earthquakes todayTennessee earthquakesLive radar here
Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se60722. Read Mon, Sep 28, 2026, 11:01 PM UTC.