FRANKLIN, North Carolina (AP) -- A small earthquake shook buildings and rattled dishes in at least four western North Carolina counties overnight, the region's seventh noticeable temblor in the past year.
There were no reports of damage from Thursday night's 3.1-magnitude quake, centered 28 miles north of Franklin, but emergency dispatchers received a flood of calls from worried residents.
"Every line in here lit up," said Jackson County dispatcher Belinda Clawson.
Over the past year, four of six other noticeable quakes within 60 miles of Thursday's epicenter were larger, including a 3.7-magnitude temblor in August that shook houses as far south as Athens, Georgia, according to the National Earthquake Information Center.
The Southeast has several faults that occasionally produce minor earthquakes.
Quake rattles North Carolina counties
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Those were the ones felt here in Eastern NC right? I remember reading reports of shaking and damage...just cant remember which quake it was...I think the 1834 one...Regit wrote:BUD wrote:Yep,and the "BIG ONE" is over due.The last one was in 1834 a 7.0 that rocked Charleston,SC.Around here they call them the "100 year quake".
Just to be picky, the last big one was an estimated 6.6-7.3 on August 31, 1886.
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