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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 ...
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 ...
Three major earthquake events occurred in Tennessee in 1843, 1865, and 1895. The 1843 event registered Mercalli intensities of VIII (Severe); it resulted in cracking walls, shattering windows, and toppling chimneys. Felt over an area of 1,000,000 square kilometers (386,102 sq mi), the earthquake caused more alarm than damage in Western ...
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]
It was originally reported as an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 but was later adjusted to 3.8 after further reports. Footage shows the calm scenes in the town of Kittery , Maine quickly shift ...
People watch the ocean after a powerful earthquake struck off the coast near Ocean Beach, in San Francisco, California, U.S., December 5, 2024. The word tsunami comes from the Japanese for "harbor ...
Watch live as rescue efforts continue in Turkey after this week’s devastating earthquake. Across southern Turkey and northwest Syria, the death toll has now exceeded 24,000, and hundreds of ...
see 2021 East Java earthquake-8.562 112.519 10 6.0 M w (USGS) Centred 44km SSW of Gongdanglegi Kulon, Indonesia, at a depth of 82.3km. [14] April 28, 2021 02:21 Assam, India see 2021 Assam earthquake: 26.782 92.436 2 6.0 M w (USGS) Centred 9km NNW of Dhekiajuli, India, at a depth of 34.0km. [15] May 21, 2021 13:48 Yunnan, China see 2021 Dali ...