Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Earthquake

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Update 11:39pm - WLOS reporting 3.8 on the Richter scale, no damage reported as yet. The earthquake was centered 2 miles from Hot Springs and occurred at 11:09 pm.

Earthquake History of North Carolina here.

Update 11:46pm - USGS website has info on the quake (map above from their site). Get information and report if you felt the quake.

Update 11:58 - Above map updated to reflect latest information.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

3.8 magnitude! Woke me up from my by beauty sleep. I thought my house was getting a Swedish massage... anyway, more info at http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/usceaf.htm

1000 black lines said...

Yeah, that was a pretty good rumble. So, that's what an earthquake feels like. Weird.

arratik said...

so THAT'S what that was last night!

modpez said...

i dreamed there was an earthquake. didn't wake up.

1000 black lines said...

Hey Screwy Hoolie, I think you proved that Asheville bloggers are more up to the minute than local news outlets (WLOS). Thanks!

Gordon Smith said...

Booyah!