M2.4 earthquake 7 km ENE of Ducktown, Tennessee
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake struck 7 km ENE of Ducktown, Tennessee on Wed, Nov 12, 1997, 10:10 AM EST (15:10 UTC), 6 km (4 mi) below the surface.
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Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.4 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- SE
- Local time
- UTC
- 1997-11-12 15:10:44 UTC
- Depth
- 5.8 km (3.6 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.065° N, 84.307° W
- Region
- Georgia
- 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
- 107°
- Stations used
- 19
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 6 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.74 km SSE of Huntsville, Tennessee · 10543 days ago · 15 km deep · 75 km away
- 1.79 km ENE of Walland, Tennessee · 10543 days ago · 22 km deep · 94 km away
- 1.73 km ESE of Huntsville, Tennessee · 10539 days ago · 22 km deep · 77 km away
- 1.69 km W of Cleveland, Tennessee · 10535 days ago · 2 km deep · 62 km away
- 1.64 km SSW of Hopewell, Tennessee · 10527 days ago · 9 km deep · 57 km away
- 1.66 km NW of Graysville, Tennessee · 10508 days ago · 7 km deep · 88 km away
Before
- 2.40 km ESE of Charleston, Tennessee · 10574 days ago · 15 km deep · 47 km away
- 2.017 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 10574 days ago · 0 km deep · 22 km away
- 1.65 km SSE of Englewood, Tennessee · 10579 days ago · 14 km deep · 37 km away
- 1.77 km WNW of Graysville, Tennessee · 10579 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61568. Read Thu, Oct 1, 2026, 11:42 AM UTC.