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Earthquakes in Tennessee

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The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more in Tennessee was M 2.5, 13 km NE of Beersheba Springs, Tennessee, at 7:54 am CST on 2 November 2026, 16 km deep. 3 people reported feeling it to USGS. 6 smaller earthquakes have been recorded in Tennessee since.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded in Tennessee in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
3
Last 30 days
14 · an average 30 days here since 2016: 12
Last 12 months
153 · largest M 2.6 on 15 May 2026
Since 2016
1,552 earthquakes of M1.5 or more
Largest since 2016
M 4.4 on 12 December 2018, 12 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee

Latest quake, 24 hours and 7 days: the QuakeIndex database, which reads USGS every 30 seconds, read at ; 30 days and 12 months: the QuakeIndex catalogue, counted to · earthquakes of M1.5 or more in Tennessee, where USGS names the state in the location

12

Quiet QuakeIndex 12 / 100

2 quakes of M1.5 or larger in the last 7 days in Tennessee. Normal for here is 4 to 7 in a week.

Compared against Tennessee's own 10 years · USGS catalogue · updated

If you felt one

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The last 30 days

Oct 14 Oct 29 Nov 12
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. The shaded band is the magnitude a day's largest quake normally falls in here (M1.8–M2.3), from this place's own 10-year record. A mark above the band is a bigger day than usual.

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Latest earthquakes in Tennessee

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The last 7 days on the map

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Every earthquake in Tennessee in the last 7 days, from the USGS feed. Colour and size are magnitude; tap one for its page.

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Largest on record in and around Tennessee

MagnitudeWhenWhere
M 4.4 12 km NNE of Decatur, Tennessee
M 4.3 2 km ENE of Crab Orchard, Tennessee
M 4.1 21 km SE of Greenback, Tennessee
M 4.0 1 km WNW of Cooter, Missouri
M 3.8 6 km NE of Etowah, Arkansas
M 3.8 6 km S of Ridgely, Tennessee
M 3.8 2 km NE of Fincastle, Tennessee
M 3.7 2 km E of Steele, Missouri

From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service · inside a rectangle drawn around Tennessee, which takes in some ground over its borders.

Before 2016: the largest in Tennessee since 1900

The USGS record from 1900 to 2015 lists no earthquake of M5 or more in Tennessee.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015, each epicentre counted for the state whose nearest county it is. Epicentres of early earthquakes are estimates. This is the record, not a forecast.

The busiest mapped faults in Tennessee

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database and the QuakeIndex catalogue. Every major fault →

The most active counties in Tennessee

CountyM1.5+ in 10 yearsThis week
Lake County 1,805 Quiet (0)
Dyer County 1,227 Quiet (0)
Loudon County 397 Quiet (0)
Roane County 305 Quiet (0)
Anderson County 211 Quiet (0)
Rhea County 152 Quiet (0)

Counted within each county page's own radius from the QuakeIndex catalogue (USGS, M1.5+, ten years).

Towns in Tennessee with the most earthquakes named after them

Tiptonville 14 M2.5+ named after it · Dyersburg 7 M2.5+ named after it · Fincastle 5 M2.5+ named after it · Knoxville 5 M2.5+ named after it · Mascot 5 M2.5+ named after it · Athens 4 M2.5+ named after it · Decatur 4 M2.5+ named after it · Maryville 2 M2.5+ named after it · Sevierville 2 M2.5+ named after it · Seymour 2 M2.5+ named after it · Farragut 2 M2.5+ named after it

Each town page lists every M1.5+ earthquake within 30 km since 2016 and the ones USGS named after it. Town names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).

Counties in Tennessee

Be ready

Earthquakes cannot be predicted, here or anywhere, so the useful step is the one taken beforehand. The advice below is from the agencies responsible for it.