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Earthquakes near Halls, TN

No earthquake was likely felt in Halls in the 24 hours to 5:09 am CST (11:09 UTC). The last one was M 2.6, 41 km (25 mi) NW, at 7:04 am CDT on 4 August 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 9 felt reports to USGS.

M 2.8

Latest: 3:23 pm CDT on 20 March 2025 · 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Halls, TN

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Halls was M 2.8, 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Halls, TN, at 3:23 pm CDT on 20 March 2025, 10 km deep. 32 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Halls was intensity III (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 6 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Halls since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Halls in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
0 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
4 · largest M 2.0 on 30 January 2026
Since 2016
58 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.7 on 24 April 2019, 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN
Reported felt
16 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Reelfoot scarp and New Madrid seismic zone, 12 km from its surface trace

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 13 Oct 28 Nov 11
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  2. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) N of Halls, TN
  3. 2.0 28 km (17 mi) N of Halls, TN
  4. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  5. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) N of Halls, TN
  6. 1.7 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  7. 2.8 22 km (14 mi) NNW of Halls, TN · felt by 32
  8. 1.9 26 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 1
  9. 1.8 25 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN
  10. 1.5 20 km (13 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  11. 1.7 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  12. 2.3 28 km (17 mi) NNE of Halls, TN · felt by 5
  13. 1.9 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  14. 2.0 27 km (17 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  15. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN
  16. 2.2 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN
  17. 1.7 28 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN
  18. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  19. 1.9 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  20. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  21. 1.7 25 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 1
  22. 2.3 25 km (15 mi) N of Halls, TN
  23. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN
  24. 2.1 19 km (12 mi) N of Halls, TN
  25. 2.0 29 km (18 mi) NNE of Halls, TN
  26. 2.3 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 1
  27. 2.5 25 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN
  28. 1.8 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN
  29. 1.7 22 km (13 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  30. 1.8 25 km (15 mi) N of Halls, TN
  31. 1.8 27 km (17 mi) N of Halls, TN
  32. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) N of Halls, TN
  33. 2.8 26 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 81
  34. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) N of Halls, TN
  35. 2.3 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  36. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) N of Halls, TN
  37. 1.7 19 km (12 mi) N of Halls, TN
  38. 2.8 26 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 106
  39. 2.5 21 km (13 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 5
  40. 1.6 23 km (14 mi) N of Halls, TN
  41. 3.7 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 1,017
  42. 2.6 28 km (17 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 9
  43. 1.5 26 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN
  44. 2.0 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  45. 1.5 29 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 1
  46. 1.6 25 km (16 mi) N of Halls, TN · felt by 1
  47. 2.3 22 km (13 mi) ENE of Halls, TN
  48. 2.3 28 km (18 mi) N of Halls, TN
  49. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Halls, TN
  50. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) N of Halls, TN

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Halls time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Halls are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Halls; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Halls

The strongest shaking in Halls from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity III (weak), from the M 3.7 on 24 April 2019, 29 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Halls (est.)
M 3.7 29 kmIII · Weak · felt by 1,017
M 2.8 26 kmIII · Weak · felt by 57
M 2.8 22 kmIII · Weak · felt by 32
M 2.8 26 kmIII · Weak · felt by 81
M 2.8 26 kmIII · Weak · felt by 106

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists no earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Halls.

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Nearby towns

Dyersburg 18 km

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