Asheville, NC – Residents in the North Carolina mountains may have felt the ground move this week after two small earthquakes struck different parts of the region on Wednesday, September 10.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the first quake registered at magnitude 2.1 around 10:40 a.m. Wednesday. It was centered about 4 kilometers west-southwest of Rosman in Transylvania County. Later that evening, at 10:21 p.m., a second tremor measuring magnitude 1.8 was recorded about 8 kilometers west of Bakersville in Mitchell County.
The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg shared the reports on Thursday, noting that while the quakes were minor, they still could have been felt locally. Earthquakes in this magnitude range are typically considered weak but are not uncommon in the Appalachian region…