The minor earthquake near Jackson occurred on the New Madrid Fault Line, the fault zone that the Mid-South, including Memphis, sits on. Two days earlier, a minor earthquake registered near Dyersburg. That 1.9 magnitude earthquake occurred on February 11.

Two minor earthquakes were recorded near Jackson, Tennessee on Thursday morning, February 13. According to the preliminary report from the U.S. Geological Survey, the two earthquakes happened around 10:38 a.

A small earthquake shook the Jackson, Tennessee, area on Thursday. A 2.6 magnitude earthquake was registered at 10:38 a.m., just north of I-40. Residents in the area reported hearing a loud boom and a brief shake.