3.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits North Carolina-Tennessee Border Saturday Morning
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There was a whole lot of shaking going on Saturday morning on the North Carolina-Tennessee border. An Earthquake hit Cherokee County, North Carolina a little after 9:30am. According to the United States Geological Survey it measured 3.2 magnitude on the Richter Scale. There haven't been any reports of damage but several people felt the tremor. The USGS says the epicenter of the quake was about seven miles northeast of Copperhill, 55 miles east of Chattanooga. A caller Saturday morning tells us he felt the earthquake in his Fannin County, Georgia home.
earthquake/boom
Submitted by maggie (not verified) on August 3, 2009 - 7:46am.
i live in murphy, nc
i felt the earthquake and cabin shaking
i haven't read that anybody mentions the very big loud boom while the earthquake happened
do you know why and is this common with a earthquake?
thank you
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Earthquake
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 3, 2009 - 12:54pm.
My husband and I were waiting for the ocoee dam to release and fill the river beds...(white water rafting) and how while we waited we heard a loud boom (almost like Dynamite) and then the ground started to shake....we thought it was from the dam releasing the water but it turned out it was an earthquake!!
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Google says the earthquake
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on August 2, 2009 - 7:42am.
Google says the earthquake was in Ducktown Tennessee
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earthquake
Submitted by Judy Reighter (not verified) on August 1, 2009 - 3:49pm.
My husband and I felt the earthquake in the Martin's Creek area of Cherokee County. First we thought it was a big truck on our road. We looked outside: no truck! Glad it was only a 3.
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Earthquake in Ellijay
Submitted by Laura #1 (not verified) on August 1, 2009 - 3:44pm.
Hello,
My husband and I felt it too in Ellijay... around 9.38am
"I feel the earth move under my feet" Very exciting for Gilmer County Georgia!
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I heard and felt it
Submitted by Guest (not verified) on November 2, 2009 - 9:10am.
I heard and felt it (slightly) in Collegedale, TN. Sounded like a far away explosion.
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Oh yeh - we felt it too!!!-staying in Murphy [from Florida - AKA - Hurricane Central ] at friend's cabin way up in Martins Creek ......Sat morning -the earth moved under our feet-under the bed , the mountain moved , etc..........RUMBLE - and tried to convince ourselves it was a truck barrelling down the mountain - NOT SO - as we confirmed later - it was a 3.2 on RICHTER!