M1.8 earthquake 5 km E of Niota, Tennessee
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake struck 5 km E of Niota, Tennessee on Fri, Mar 30, 2001, 5:01 PM EST (22:01 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.3 7 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.8 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-03-30 22:01:12 UTC
- Depth
- 18.1 km (11.2 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.508° N, 84.481° 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
- 164°
- 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: 9 in the 60 days after this one and 4 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.37 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 21 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Seymour, Tennessee · 9293 days ago · 14 km deep · 88 km away
- 1.79 km N of Spring City, Tennessee · 9291 days ago · 0 km deep · 46 km away
- 2.619 km NNW of Murphy, North Carolina · 9284 days ago · 3 km deep · 43 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 9284 days ago · 8 km deep · 42 km away
- 1.58 km SSE of Philadelphia, Tennessee · 9263 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
- 2.16 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee · 9259 days ago · 9 km deep · 84 km away
- 2.78 km WSW of Mascot, Tennessee · 9259 days ago · 0 km deep · 83 km away
- 2.14 km WNW of Rockford, Tennessee · 9256 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
Before
- 1.53 km NW of Niota, Tennessee · 9311 days ago · 31 km deep · 9 km away
- 1.6Kentucky-Tennessee border region · 9312 days ago · 5 km deep · 80 km away
- 3.25 km WNW of Decatur, Tennessee · 9330 days ago · 18 km deep · 33 km away · felt by 19
- 3.26 km NW of Decatur, Tennessee · 9330 days ago · 7 km deep · 34 km away
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61902. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 5:21 PM UTC.