North Carolina earthquakes

M2.6 earthquake 19 km NNW of Murphy, North Carolina

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck 19 km NNW of Murphy, North Carolina on Sun, Apr 22, 2001, 11:38 PM EDT (03:38 UTC), 3 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.7 8 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.6 (md), micro
Local time
UTC
2001-04-23 03:38:38 UTC
Depth
3.2 km (2.0 mi), shallow
Epicenter
35.243° N, 84.135° W
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
23

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 6 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 1.918 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 9283 days ago · 8 km deep · 2 km away
  2. 1.58 km SSE of Philadelphia, Tennessee · 9263 days ago · 19 km deep · 46 km away
  3. 2.16 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee · 9259 days ago · 9 km deep · 93 km away
  4. 2.78 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee · 9259 days ago · 0 km deep · 93 km away
  5. 2.14 km WNW of Rockford, Tennessee · 9255 days ago · 0 km deep · 68 km away
  6. 2.09 km E of Franklin, North Carolina · 9255 days ago · 0 km deep · 79 km away

Before

  1. 1.79 km N of Spring City, Tennessee · 9291 days ago · 0 km deep · 89 km away
  2. 2.19 km NNE of Seymour, Tennessee · 9293 days ago · 14 km deep · 90 km away
  3. 2.37 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 46 km away
  4. 1.85 km E of Niota, Tennessee · 9307 days ago · 18 km deep · 43 km away
  5. 1.53 km NW of Niota, Tennessee · 9311 days ago · 31 km deep · 51 km away
  6. 1.6Kentucky-Tennessee border region · 9312 days ago · 5 km deep · 89 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61910. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.