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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 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 ...
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.
In all, 64 earthquakes have hit the Columbia area since a 3.3 magnitude quake was recorded on Dec. 27, 2021, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [2] which is complete to December 2005. From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey 's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [ 3 ] monthly listing.
A magnitude 4 earthquake rattled Southern California before dawn Sunday morning — the strongest in a series of modest earthquakes to strike near the Ontario International Airport in the last month.
The following is a list of significant earthquakes from 2021–2030, listing earthquakes of magnitude 7 and above, or which caused human fatalities. Deaths due to earthquake-caused tsunamis are included.