M1.7 earthquake 7 km SSW of Plainview, Tennessee
A magnitude 1.7 earthquake struck 7 km SSW of Plainview, Tennessee on Sun, Feb 25, 2001, 11:38 AM EST (16:38 UTC), 11 km (7 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.1 6 km ESE of Philadelphia, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.7 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2001-02-25 16:38:07 UTC
- Depth
- 10.5 km (6.5 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 36.113° N, 83.834° 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
- 166°
- Stations used
- 8
Nearest places
Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.
Nearby
Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 8 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 2.16 km ESE of Philadelphia, Tennessee · 9338 days ago · 16 km deep · 68 km away
- 1.6Kentucky-Tennessee border region · 9312 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
- 1.53 km NW of Niota, Tennessee · 9312 days ago · 31 km deep · 93 km away
- 1.85 km E of Niota, Tennessee · 9307 days ago · 18 km deep · 89 km away
- 2.37 km SW of Tellico Village, Tennessee · 9301 days ago · 5 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.19 km NNE of Seymour, Tennessee · 9294 days ago · 14 km deep · 20 km away
- 3.011 km W of Sneedville, Tennessee · 9293 days ago · 0 km deep · 64 km away
- 1.918 km SE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 9284 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61893. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 12:01 AM UTC.