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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 ...
Follow live updates on the Northeast earthquake As of Friday morning, the top trend on X was "earthquake," followed in fourth place by "East Coast." The term "Connecticut" trended at No. 5 and ...
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]
A viral video shared on X purports to show a recent 7.0-magnitude earthquake that occurred in California. Verdict: False The claim is false, as the video shows an April 2024 earthquake that struck ...
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck southern Iran on September 26, killing 1 person. [23] A magnitude 6.0 earthquake stuck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 26. [170] A magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck near the south coast of Papua, Indonesia on September 29. [171]
A man who evacuated from a town in Iceland after earthquakes put the region ... The video was taken west of the evacuated town and was described as being “in pieces” and “impassable” by ...
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.