M2.1 earthquake 3 km WSW of Newport, Tennessee
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake struck 3 km WSW of Newport, Tennessee on Sat, Feb 24, 2001, 7:54 PM EST (00:54 UTC), 0 km (0 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M3.0 11 km W of Sneedville, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.1 (Md, duration), micro
- Magnitude from
- SE
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-25 00:54:25 UTC
- Depth
- 0.0 km (0.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.960° N, 83.225° 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
- 249°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 11
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 5 in the 60 days after this one and 1 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.77 km SSW of Plainview, Tennessee · 9352 days ago · 11 km deep · 57 km away
- 2.17 km NNW of Franklin, North Carolina · 9339 days ago · 0 km deep · 81 km away
- 1.6Kentucky-Tennessee border region · 9324 days ago · 5 km deep · 56 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Seymour, Tennessee · 9305 days ago · 14 km deep · 43 km away
- 3.011 km W of Sneedville, Tennessee · 9305 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61892. Read Sun, Oct 4, 2026, 5:07 PM UTC.