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The United States Geological Survey estimates that earthquakes as large as magnitude 7.5 are possible in the ETSZ. Even though Oak Ridge, Tennessee experiences these earthquakes, the nuclear reactors in the city are rated to handle 8.0 magnitude earthquakes. So, if a 7.5 magnitude earthquake were to occur, a meltdown would be highly unlikely.
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Southwest Tennessee is expected to bear the brunt of the remnants of Francine with high winds, rain and chances of flooding, but Middle Tennessee will also see hazardous weather as this storm ...
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The Mississippi River as well as the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers formed and cut deep into the valleys. The Nashville Basin , which in reality is a geologic dome , was pushed up from underneath by a mantle plume , exposing softer strata that with additional erosion on the Highland Rim surrounding the basin expanded the size of the basin.
U.S. Geological Survey Documents at Texas Tech University 1873–2015; Historic technical reports from USGS (and other Federal agencies) are available in the Technical Report Archive and Image Library (TRAIL) Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) documentation, filed under 2255 North Gemini Drive, Flagstaff, Coconino County, AZ:
National Weather Service - Memphis, TN is a local weather forecast office responsible for monitoring weather conditions in the U.S. Mid-South region for counties in Eastern Arkansas, the Missouri Bootheel (Dunklin and Pemiscot counties), Northern Mississippi, and Western Tennessee. The current office in Memphis maintains a WSR-88D (NEXRAD ...
Geological formations in Tennessee largely correspond with the state's topographic features, and, in general, decrease in age from east to west. Most of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the east were formed during the Precambrian era, and contain the state's oldest rocks, igneous strata that is more than 1 billion years old.