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The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the seismic event occurred less than a couple miles northwest of Chesapeake, a village with a population of 730 people over 130 miles from Columbus ...
Tennessee’s middle region has only experienced a handful of 2.5 magnitude or higher earthquakes between 1924 and 2024, including Murfreesboro in 1997 and Franklin in 2001, according to the USGS ...
The earthquake was associated with a rupture on a shallow thrust fault, part of the Himalaya convergent boundary. [2] It is located east of the rupture areas of the 2005 earthquake, and west of the 1555 earthquake. The 2005 and 1555 earthquakes are the most catastrophic events in the region with magnitudes estimated at 7.6 M w . [3]
On 30 November 1973, at 07:48 UTC (02:48 EST), a M w 4.7 earthquake struck 1 km (0.62 mi) north-east of Alcoa, in the U.S. state of Tennessee. [1] The earthquake was felt 2,100 km 2 (810 sq mi) in the area. [2] It was the most powerful known earthquake generated by the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone.
The Eastern Tennessee seismic zone (ETSZ), also known as the East Tennessee seismic zone and the Southern Appalachian seismic zone, is a geographic band stretching from northeastern Alabama to southwestern Virginia that is subject to frequent small earthquakes. The ETSZ is one of the most active earthquake zones in the eastern United States. [1 ...
Watch live from Morocco on Wednesday, 13 September, after the deadliest earthquake in over six decades. The disaster has devastated villages in the High Atlas Mountains, leaving at least 2,900 ...
Watch live as rescue operations continue in Amizmiz following Morocco’s deadliest earthquake in more than six decades. A seismological expert has warned aftershocks will continue to rock Morocco ...
The Environmental Seismic Intensity scale (ESI 2007) [1] is a seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake on the basis of the effects of the earthquake on the natural environment (Earthquake Environmental Effects).