M2.0 earthquake 8 km NNW of Calhoun, Tennessee
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 8 km NNW of Calhoun, Tennessee on Sat, Dec 21, 1991, 9:56 PM EST (02:56 UTC), 12 km (7 mi) below the surface.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- SE
- Local time
- UTC
- 1991-12-22 02:56:10 UTC
- Depth
- 11.8 km (7.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.364° N, 84.781° 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
- 72°
- Stations used
- 12
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 3 in the 60 days after this one and 7 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.78 km S of Charleston, Tennessee · 12699 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
- 1.714 km SSW of Benton, Tennessee · 12697 days ago · 10 km deep · 36 km away
- 1.510 km WSW of Etowah, Tennessee · 12650 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
Before
- 1.84 km ESE of Huntsville, Tennessee · 12712 days ago · 15 km deep · 66 km away
- 2.57 km S of Pikeville, Tennessee · 12716 days ago · 11 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.2Tennessee · 12721 days ago · 12 km deep · 65 km away
- 2.70 km WNW of Cohutta, Georgia · 12725 days ago · 15 km deep · 48 km away
- 2.34 km S of Dayton, Tennessee · 12731 days ago · 7 km deep · 23 km away
- 1.67 km N of Wildwood, Tennessee · 12732 days ago · 19 km deep · 100 km away
- 2.210 km SE of Madisonville, Tennessee · 12734 days ago · 14 km deep · 47 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61192. Read Sat, Oct 3, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.