According to USGS, a weak earthquake struck Knoxville, Tennessee yesterday evening. The epicenter, which was on the south bank of the Tennessee River near Carlton was 15.8 km deep. USGS measured the magnitude of the 7:41 pm seismic event at a 1.7. USGS says there were 5 earthquakes to strike the area within 60 miles of this most recent earthquake over the last 3 weeks.
According to USGS, earthquakes with a magnitude of 2.0 or less are rarely felt or heard by people, but once they exceed 2.0 , more and more people can feel them. While damage is possible with magnitude 3.0 events or greater, significant damage and casualties usually don’t occur until the magnitude of a seismic event rises to a 5.5 or greater rated event.
Today’s earthquake struck not far from where a more significant magnitude 4.1 event struck last May…