A Tennessee earthquake shakes long homes like Atlanta with a size of 4.1
ATTANTA (AP)-An earthquake of 4.1 caps in Tennessee woke up to families and shakes homes in distant places such as Atlanta, where tremors spread across parts of the southern United States on Saturday morning. No significant injuries or damage were reported immediately.
The USGS website said that the earthquake arose shortly after 9 am EST, about 12 miles (20 km) from Greenback, Tennessee, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Noxfel.
“More than 23,000 public reports have been received by USGs at the first hour after the earthquake. Meteorologists reported at television news stations serving Georgia and North Carolina as well.”
There is a 5 % chance of 4 or a large tremor next week, according to USGs.
Gabriella Riley was making pancakes with her husband when they felt their entire home in Brasilton, Georgia, northeast of Atlanta.
“Our roof fan started vibrating for 10 seconds,” she said. “I thought a giant plane flew down in the neighborhood, but my husband said:” No, this was definitely an earthquake! ”
Jason Back was still in bed in his home outside Novsfil when he felt the walls that were shaken and heard a roar that was loud enough to wake his family and the dog to start the bark.
“In East Tennessee, I was used to hurricanes and floods, this type of things,” said Pak. “It is unusual to have an earthquake.”
Pack has seen tremors before, although this is the strongest he felt in Tennessee.
“Although this was small, it is a good reminder – if it is a big earthquake, do you know what to do? Drop, cover, and continue if you are inside,” said Pak, retired FBI agent who is now working in crisis calls. “Stay away from the buildings if you are outside.”
The damage usually does not occur from earthquakes until it reaches the size of more than 4 or 5, according to USGs, although it depends on variables such as building construction, soil and distance from the center.
Davis said that the southeastern United States carries a great danger to the earthquake, especially around the seismic zone in the new Madrid to the west and in the East Tennessee seismic region, where an earthquake occurred on Saturday.
Since 1950, another 15th earthquake of 4 or larger 155 miles (250 km) has occurred from an earthquake on Saturday, Davis said. The largest of these was a 4.7 earthquake near Noxfel in November 1973.
Recently, two tremors struck the seismic zone in December 2018. One of them was an earthquake of 4.4 in size that was concentrated in Decaturt, Tennessee, south of Noxfil. She shook homes as long as Atlanta.
Another earthquake hit a few days after 3.0. Its position was two miles (four kilometers) southeast of the amulet, near Noxfil. I also felt in parts of Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina.
Davis said the seismic waves are spreading more efficiently in the eastern United States compared to the West due to the geology of the region.
She said: “The earthquakes in the east feel a much greater distance and by more people.”
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Vinley mentioned Norfolk, Virginia.
