Post by Paddy by Grace on Apr 2, 2010 4:13:22 GMT -7
East Tennessee experiences fourth earthquake in four days
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LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) – East Tennessee was rocked by its fourth earthquake in four days early Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey confirms the quake struck at 1:16 a.m. just about a mile northeast of Greenback.
Geologists place the 2.0 magnitude earthquake’s epicenter in the yard of a home on Morgantown Road near its intersection with Meadow Road. It originated in a small fault about 12.1 miles underground.
It had been a pretty quiet year for earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone prior to the recent quartet of tremors. The zone is known as one of the most seismically active areas of the south.
www.volunteertv.com/home/headlines/89668367.html
LOUDON COUNTY, Tenn. (WVLT) – East Tennessee was rocked by its fourth earthquake in four days early Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey confirms the quake struck at 1:16 a.m. just about a mile northeast of Greenback.
Geologists place the 2.0 magnitude earthquake’s epicenter in the yard of a home on Morgantown Road near its intersection with Meadow Road. It originated in a small fault about 12.1 miles underground.
It had been a pretty quiet year for earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone prior to the recent quartet of tremors. The zone is known as one of the most seismically active areas of the south.