M1.5 earthquake Tennessee
A magnitude 1.5 earthquake struck in Tennessee on Sun, Aug 17, 2008, 11:00 PM EDT (03:00 UTC), 13 km (8 mi) below the surface.
A larger quake followed: M1.6 11 km NW of Lenoir City, 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
- 2008-08-18 03:00:20 UTC
- Depth
- 12.9 km (8.0 mi), shallow
- Epicenter
- 35.358° N, 84.771° 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.
- Location uncertainty
- About 1.0 km horizontally, 5.2 km in depth
- Magnitude uncertainty
- ±0.20
- Depth from
- From location
- Station coverage gap
- 100°
- 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: 2 in the 60 days after this one and 3 in the 30 days before it.
After
- 1.611 km NW of Lenoir City, Tennessee · 6580 days ago · 14 km deep · 68 km away
- 2.33 km NNW of Ooltewah, Tennessee · 6569 days ago · 6 km deep · 39 km away
Before
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Sources
From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event se606875. Read Wed, Sep 23, 2026, 3:20 PM UTC.