M2.0 earthquake 1 km WSW of Niota, Tennessee
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake struck 1 km WSW of Niota, Tennessee on Sun, Mar 24, 2002, 9:08 AM EST (14:08 UTC), 4 km (3 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M2.6 15 km SSE of Greenback, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 2.0 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-03-24 14:08:57 UTC
- Depth
- 4.4 km (2.7 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.506° N, 84.565° 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
- 130°
- Stations used
- 15
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 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.714 km SSE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 8950 days ago · 6 km deep · 42 km away
- 2.27 km SW of Dalton, Georgia · 8940 days ago · 0 km deep · 97 km away
- 2.111 km WSW of Bryson City, North Carolina · 8908 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
- 2.615 km SSE of Greenback, Tennessee · 8901 days ago · 15 km deep · 44 km away
- 1.93 km NE of Vonore, Tennessee · 8900 days ago · 19 km deep · 34 km away
- 2.59 km NNE of Beersheba Springs, Tennessee · 8896 days ago · 4 km deep · 94 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61998. Read Sun, Sep 27, 2026, 3:25 PM UTC.