M1.5 earthquake 3 km NW of Niota, Tennessee
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck 3 km NW of Niota, Tennessee on Mon, Mar 26, 2001, 6:13 AM EST (11:13 UTC), 31 km (19 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.8 5 km E of Niota, Tennessee. 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
- 2001-03-26 11:13:15 UTC
- Depth
- 31.2 km (19.4 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.533° N, 84.572° 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
- 226°, poorly surrounded by stations
- Stations used
- 6
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 10 in the 60 days after this one and 5 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.85 km E of Niota, Tennessee · 9307 days ago · 18 km deep · 9 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 27 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Seymour, Tennessee · 9293 days ago · 14 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.79 km N of Spring City, Tennessee · 9291 days ago · 0 km deep · 38 km away
- 2.619 km NNW of Murphy, North Carolina · 9283 days ago · 3 km deep · 51 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 9283 days ago · 8 km deep · 50 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Philadelphia, Tennessee · 9263 days ago · 19 km deep · 22 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee · 9259 days ago · 9 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee · 9259 days ago · 0 km deep · 87 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Rockford, Tennessee · 9255 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
Before
- 1.6Kentucky-Tennessee border region · 9312 days ago · 5 km deep · 85 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Decatur, Tennessee · 9330 days ago · 18 km deep · 25 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km NW of Decatur, Tennessee · 9330 days ago · 7 km deep · 25 km away
- 2.16 km ESE of Philadelphia, Tennessee · 9338 days ago · 16 km deep · 25 km away
- 1.77 km SSW of Plainview, Tennessee · 9340 days ago · 11 km deep · 93 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61900. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 12:08 PM UTC.