M1.6 earthquake 0 km SE of Spring City, Tennessee
A magnitude 1.6 earthquake struck 0 km SE of Spring City, Tennessee on Sun, Jan 27, 2002, 11:38 PM EST (04:38 UTC), 10 km (6 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.9 8 km WNW of Flat Top Mountain, Tennessee. This one was a foreshock.
Map
Where this earthquake was located, with the others nearby. Select one for its page.
The earthquake
- Magnitude
- 1.6 (md), micro
- Local time
- UTC
- 2002-01-28 04:38:47 UTC
- Depth
- 10.2 km (6.3 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.688° N, 84.856° 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
- 192°, 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: 7 in the 60 days after this one and 2 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.98 km WNW of Flat Top Mountain, Tennessee · 9004 days ago · 11 km deep · 52 km away
- 2.512 km W of Philadelphia, Tennessee · 8985 days ago · 5 km deep · 28 km away
- 2.39 km SW of Decatur, Tennessee · 8981 days ago · 3 km deep · 26 km away
- 1.7Kentucky-Tennessee border region · 8977 days ago · 10 km deep · 99 km away
- 1.61 km S of Louisville, Tennessee · 8950 days ago · 11 km deep · 74 km away
- 2.01 km WSW of Niota, Tennessee · 8950 days ago · 4 km deep · 33 km away
- 1.714 km SSE of Tellico Plains, Tennessee · 8947 days ago · 6 km deep · 75 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se61986. Read Thu, Sep 24, 2026, 2:19 AM UTC.