North Carolina Experienced An Earthquake Sunday
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Sparta, North Carolina along the Virginia border on Sunday morning, with its the epicenter in Allegheny County. A 5.3 magnitude quake is considered moderate. The…
NORTH SULAWESI, INDONESIA – JANUARY 24: A Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMG) officer points to a screen graphic at the BMG office of a 6.5-magnitude earthquake that struck North Sulawesi province on January 21, 2007 on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia. Many aftershocks have been recorded since an initial earthquake that caused panic but no serious damage. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 has shaken Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province again on January 24, 2007 but there have been no immediate reports of any damage. (Photo by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images)
A 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit Sparta, North Carolina along the Virginia border on Sunday morning, with its the epicenter in Allegheny County.
A 5.3 magnitude quake is considered moderate. The quake, the strongest to shake since North Carolina since 1926, could be felt in South Carolina and as far as 300 miles south near Atlanta, Georgia, according to CNN. The Sparta area sits on three seismic zones. Areas of Tennessee also reported some tremors last weekend.
Here's what some local experts are saying:
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