5.1 (Prelim) Earthquake in northwest North Carolina (Sparta)

[Dennis Donovan]

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000bbei/executive

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Moe Davis @ColMorrisDavis

US House candidate, NC-11

Did we just have an earthquake? Things rattled and there was a brief tremor.

#Asheville

8:10 AM · Aug 9, 2020 from Swannanoa, NC

[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

I hope everyone is safe!

[dweller]

2. awake now !

😳

✌🏼

[Martin Eden]

3. Looks like that was high in the mountains near the Appalachian Trail

I wonder if the tremor was part of a major rockslide. I remember when a section of I-40 was closed for an extended period while clearing a rockslide.

[catbyte]

5. There are fault lines in the Carolinas, especially South Carolina. This is biggest since 1916.

An earthquake in 1886 practically leveled Charleston, SC, and was felt as far away as Boston.

https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/local/seven-things-you-should-know-earthquakes/83-3d07362c-ffe0-49ab-8d3c-e461cd465aa9

[phylny]

4. People felt it here at Smith Mountain Lake, VA.

[CMYK]

6. 3 miles deep, 89 miles away

Yep, I felt it sitting in my chair this morning. It started rocking side to side (gently, but definitively). Lasted about 3 seconds. I'm from the northwest, so I knew what it was. Our dog woke up immediately, too.