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Four people reported feeling the earthquake, government seismologists said. An earthquake hit near popular NC mountains outdoor destination Saturday, USGS says Skip to main content
The 2020 Sparta earthquake occurred in North Carolina on August 9 at 08:07 EDT. The epicenter of this relatively uncommon intraplate earthquake was near the small town of Sparta, Alleghany County. The thrust-faulting earthquake had a moment magnitude of 5.1, occurring at a shallow depth of 4.7 miles (7.6 km). Rupture occurred on the previously ...
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WAVY airs thirty hours of local news a week. It operates its own weather radar, called "Super Doppler 10", at its studios.It was the first in the area to air a local morning broadcast at 5:30 a.m., beginning in 1992, and added weeknight newscasts at 5 p.m. in 1989 and 5:30 p.m. in 1994. [32]
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[70] [71] The Hampton Roads news ratings became a "horse race"; in the Nielsen survey for November 1993, WTKR led at noon, 5, and 6 p.m. and was a close second at 11. [ 72 ] A major reimaging effort in 1994, however, derailed the station's news ratings, which were already starting to fall.
Its magnitude was 4.8, and this earthquake would have been felt by millions of people,” said Paul Earle, the operations director of USGS’ National Earthquake Information Center, during a noon ...