Y es, you read that correct: an earthquake with a magnitude of 2.5 occurred today in the state of Georgia, with the epicenter located four miles east-southeast of Varnell; eight miles north-northeast of Dalton — the self-proclaimed carpet capital of the world — and 83 miles north-northwest of Atlanta.
As I was in Georgia at the time the earthquake occurred — at 3:19:12 in the afternoon Eastern Standard Time, to be precise — I felt nothing.Needless to say, there were no reported deaths or injuries as a result.
According to the United States Geological Survey, the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone — which extends across Tennessee and northwestern Georgia into northeastern Alabama — is one of the most active earthquake areas in the Southeast, with the most powerful earthquake occurring on April 29, 2003 near Fort Payne, Alabama with a magnitude of 4.6.
I can hear it from the “Pacific Rimmers” now: That ain’t no earthquake. My grumbling stomach when I am hungry has more of a magnitude than that…
…but all I have to say in response to that is do not blame me, as it ain’t my fault…
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