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The earthquake was about 15 miles deep, the USGS says, which is considered a shallow quake.  It was the seventh ...
At 4.1 magnitude near Greenback, the May 10 quake was large for our area. Experts look back on the last earthquakes to ...
Earthquakes with magnitudes of 3.5 to 5.4 are typically felt but rarely cause damage. Those over 5.5 are likely to cause some damage to buildings. The largest earthquake in East Tennessee since ...
An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina.
While Middle Tennessee may not get as many earthquakes as East Tennessee, every once in a while, one will occur. The latest ...
The region may feel “moderately frequent earthquakes” and “irregular intervals,” according to USGS. The largest earthquake ever reported in the area was a 5.4 magnitude quake in southern ...
A 3.3 magnitude earthquake was reported in Illinois overnight Monday, with the USGS confirming it occurred near Lerna, and ...
of Saturday’s earthquake, Davis said. The largest of those was a magnitude 4.7 earthquake near Knoxville in November 1973. More recently, two tremors struck the seismic zone in December 2018.