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.

WESTERN Tenn. (KFVS) - 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.m.

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.