Earthquake Rattles Western North Carolina

Random / August 4, 2007 / 4:03 pm / spxds

Officials in three Western North Carolina counties have all received reports of an earthquake Saturday morning.

People in McDowell, Buncombe and Rutherford counties all reported feeling the tremor. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a 2.8 magnitude earthquake hit at 6:03 a.m. The USGS reported that the quake was centere

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  1. Adam says:
    August 4, 2007 at 11:12 pm

    We had one in IL like 3 years ago… It was the summer in between graduation and when I got a job.

    http://www.commanddotcom.com/2004/06/28/an-earthquake-in-illinois-wtf/

    …EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION…

    .THE USGS HAS CONFIRMED THAT AN EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED.

    THE QUAKE WAS RATED 4.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WITH AN
    EPICENTER LOCATED 7 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TROY GROVE
    ILLINOIS. TIME OF OCCURRENCE WAS 0611 Z…OR 111 AM
    CDT.

    -A