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Earthquakes in Tennessee

12,703 earthquakes catalogued in and around Tennessee between 1902 and 2026. Recorded measurements; not a forecast.

Last updated 4 August 2026 · merged from 5 catalogues
1.7
Latest earthquake · depth 8.8 km
31.07.2026 08:39 UTC · from centre 329 km
12,703
recorded earthquakes
M5.6
largest
1902–2026
record span
1.70
mean magnitude
12,164
epicentre inside the border

By year

Stacked by magnitude; one column per year.

02424841902: 2 (M3–4)19021903: 3 (M4–5)1904: 1 (M4–5)1908: 1 (M4–5)1911: 1 (M3–4)19121913: 1 (M3–4)1913: 2 (M4–5)1914: 1 (M3–4)1915: 3 (M3–4)1915: 1 (M4–5)1916: 1 (M3–4)1916: 1 (M5+)1918: 1 (M4–5)19221923: 2 (M4–5)1927: 1 (M4–5)1928: 1 (M4–5)19321934: 1 (M4–5)1938: 1 (M4–5)19421945: 1 (M5+)19521954: 1 (M4–5)1955: 1 (M3–4)1955: 1 (M4–5)1956: 3 (M4–5)1957: 2 (M3–4)1957: 1 (M4–5)1962: 1 (M3–4)1962: 1 (M4–5)19621963: 1 (M4–5)1964: 2 (M4–5)1965: 1 (M4–5)1970: 2 (M4–5)19721973: 4 (M3–4)1973: 1 (M4–5)1974: 109 (M<3)1974: 4 (M3–4)1974: 2 (M4–5)1975: 172 (M<3)1975: 4 (M3–4)1975: 1 (M4–5)1976: 139 (M<3)1976: 2 (M3–4)1976: 2 (M4–5)1976: 1 (M5+)1977: 99 (M<3)1977: 2 (M3–4)1978: 209 (M<3)1978: 2 (M3–4)1979: 192 (M<3)1979: 7 (M3–4)1980: 177 (M<3)1980: 4 (M3–4)1981: 265 (M<3)1981: 6 (M3–4)1981: 1 (M4–5)1982: 199 (M<3)1982: 6 (M3–4)19821983: 194 (M<3)1983: 5 (M3–4)1984: 173 (M<3)1984: 7 (M3–4)1984: 1 (M4–5)1985: 186 (M<3)1985: 3 (M3–4)1986: 264 (M<3)1986: 5 (M3–4)1987: 292 (M<3)1987: 7 (M3–4)1987: 3 (M4–5)1988: 199 (M<3)1988: 7 (M3–4)1989: 180 (M<3)1989: 1 (M3–4)1989: 1 (M4–5)1990: 264 (M<3)1990: 2 (M3–4)1990: 1 (M4–5)1991: 119 (M<3)1991: 3 (M3–4)1991: 1 (M4–5)1992: 63 (M<3)1992: 1 (M3–4)19921993: 85 (M<3)1993: 9 (M3–4)1994: 55 (M<3)1994: 5 (M3–4)1995: 35 (M<3)1995: 6 (M3–4)1996: 97 (M<3)1996: 2 (M3–4)1997: 141 (M<3)1997: 2 (M3–4)1998: 144 (M<3)1998: 1 (M3–4)1999: 151 (M<3)1999: 1 (M3–4)2000: 214 (M<3)2001: 285 (M<3)2001: 4 (M3–4)2002: 185 (M<3)20022003: 204 (M<3)2003: 1 (M3–4)2003: 1 (M4–5)2004: 203 (M<3)2004: 2 (M3–4)2005: 272 (M<3)2005: 3 (M3–4)2005: 2 (M4–5)2006: 226 (M<3)2006: 6 (M3–4)2007: 293 (M<3)2007: 2 (M3–4)2008: 251 (M<3)2008: 2 (M3–4)2009: 257 (M<3)2009: 6 (M3–4)2010: 190 (M<3)2010: 3 (M3–4)2011: 205 (M<3)2012: 263 (M<3)2012: 2 (M3–4)20122013: 252 (M<3)2013: 1 (M3–4)2014: 297 (M<3)2014: 3 (M3–4)2015: 412 (M<3)2015: 6 (M3–4)2016: 397 (M<3)2016: 3 (M3–4)2017: 367 (M<3)2017: 4 (M3–4)2018: 478 (M<3)2018: 5 (M3–4)2018: 1 (M4–5)2019: 463 (M<3)2019: 5 (M3–4)2020: 444 (M<3)2020: 3 (M3–4)2020: 1 (M5+)2021: 422 (M<3)2021: 2 (M3–4)2022: 381 (M<3)2022: 2 (M3–4)20222023: 389 (M<3)2023: 4 (M3–4)2024: 357 (M<3)2024: 4 (M3–4)2025: 321 (M<3)2025: 1 (M3–4)2025: 1 (M4–5)2026: 225 (M<3)2026: 1 (M3–4)
M<3M3–4M4–5M5+

Read this chart carefully. Rising columns do not mean earthquakes are becoming more frequent. The monitoring network improved over time: the smallest detectable earthquake in Türkiye was about M5.0 in 1966 and is M1.5 today. Earlier years look quiet because small events were not heard, not because they did not happen.

Largest earthquakes

Inclusion rule: the radius widens with magnitude (15 km up to M4, 150 km at M7 and above). This is not a measure of felt shaking or intensity.

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
5.626.07.1945 10:3235 km431 km
5.209.08.2020 12:0710 km444 km
5.221.02.1916 23:39—317 km
5.025.03.1976 00:4111 km391 km
4.807.05.1927 08:28—398 km
4.828.10.1923 17:10—400 km
4.817.09.1938 03:341 km388 km
4.824.12.1970 10:1712 km331 km
4.720.08.1934 00:47—315 km
4.730.11.1973 07:483 km183 km
4.704.11.1903 19:14—335 km
4.703.03.1963 17:309 km378 km
4.611.02.1965 03:4018 km341 km
4.607.12.1915 18:40—297 km
4.604.11.1903 18:18—326 km

Latest earthquakes

MagnitudeDateDepthDistance
1.731.07.2026 08:398.8 km329 km
2.330.07.2026 10:3412.9 km161 km
2.430.07.2026 10:3013.9 km161 km
1.730.07.2026 00:5114 km134 km
1.329.07.2026 20:459.5 km322 km
1.928.07.2026 05:124.5 km336 km
1.927.07.2026 21:126.2 km373 km
1.827.07.2026 04:117 km314 km
1.527.07.2026 02:2113.3 km152 km
1.926.07.2026 02:5612.9 km140 km
2.024.07.2026 06:188.5 km326 km
1.823.07.2026 21:029.2 km371 km
2.023.07.2026 02:105.5 km336 km
1.922.07.2026 17:289.9 km327 km
1.522.07.2026 11:578.2 km340 km
1.421.07.2026 06:251.2 km404 km
2.018.07.2026 00:0716.7 km158 km
2.417.07.2026 21:4317.3 km158 km
1.913.07.2026 22:228.8 km333 km
1.913.07.2026 18:5311.1 km357 km
1.413.07.2026 18:357.1 km333 km
1.911.07.2026 11:086 km315 km
1.911.07.2026 04:1211.6 km383 km
1.110.07.2026 20:029.1 km326 km
1.910.07.2026 14:169.4 km326 km
1.810.07.2026 07:376.1 km315 km
1.210.07.2026 06:175.5 km315 km
1.509.07.2026 23:506.3 km315 km
2.209.07.2026 06:412.8 km227 km
2.008.07.2026 08:4910.2 km332 km
1.508.07.2026 01:0318.9 km175 km
1.807.07.2026 15:2510.5 km331 km
2.007.07.2026 11:417.5 km161 km
2.006.07.2026 09:4917.7 km199 km
2.106.07.2026 06:185.2 km312 km
2.105.07.2026 03:050.1 km249 km
1.404.07.2026 04:108.6 km324 km
1.901.07.2026 18:1917.3 km332 km
1.401.07.2026 11:498.9 km333 km
1.601.07.2026 10:106.1 km290 km
2.330.06.2026 15:288.8 km342 km
2.029.06.2026 11:146.1 km335 km
2.123.06.2026 16:4814.1 km148 km
1.322.06.2026 08:2011.1 km338 km
1.621.06.2026 20:273.9 km307 km
2.021.06.2026 14:3216.6 km149 km
1.821.06.2026 14:084.6 km283 km
2.021.06.2026 13:3110.3 km123 km
1.921.06.2026 02:005.5 km201 km
2.320.06.2026 14:4318.6 km378 km
2.020.06.2026 08:0910.6 km347 km
2.219.06.2026 06:477.1 km335 km
1.917.06.2026 08:319.3 km330 km
1.917.06.2026 05:309.3 km331 km
1.815.06.2026 20:027.8 km340 km
2.215.06.2026 14:509.7 km328 km
1.415.06.2026 10:477.5 km340 km
1.615.06.2026 06:516 km342 km
1.415.06.2026 06:197.3 km340 km
1.315.06.2026 05:466.5 km319 km

Method and sources

What this page counts
An earthquake appears here when its epicentre is within a magnitude-dependent distance of this place's border: 15 km up to M4, 30 km to M5, 60 km to M6, 100 km to M7, and 150 km at M7 and above. The rule exists because a large earthquake concerns neighbouring provinces too — the 17 August 1999 epicentre was in the Gulf of İzmit, on no province's land at all.
Location precision
Epicentre uncertainty is typically 1–10 km, and larger for older records. That is why this site breaks data down to districts but not to neighbourhoods or villages — the data does not support that distinction.
Magnitude scales
The catalogues use more than twelve magnitude scales (Mw, ML, mb, Md…) and they are not equivalent. Values are shown on the scale the source reported; they are not converted.
Deduplication
The same earthquake is published by several catalogues. Records within 20 seconds and 100 km whose magnitudes differ by no more than 1.2 are treated as one event; the primary record is chosen by catalogue priority.
Updates
Recent earthquakes are fetched from four sources every five minutes. The historical archive is rebuilt infrequently.
Sources
USGS ComCat · ISC Bulletin · AFAD · Kandilli / KOERI · EMSC/CSEM
Reporting an error
If you spot a wrong record, write to us; we verify against the source and correct it.