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Huntsville, Alabama – A rare East Coast earthquake early Tuesday centered near Madison County, Ohio, is renewing preparedness conversations across the Tennessee Valley, a region more accustomed to tornadoes and flooding than seismic shaking. The magnitude 2.6 earthquake struck overnight just west of Columbus, briefly rattling central Ohio and sending light seismic waves across the Ohio Valley and into parts of the Southeast.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake occurred at a shallow depth, a factor that allows even smaller quakes to be felt farther from the epicenter. While no damage or injuries were reported, emergency managers say the event serves as an important reminder for communities across northern Alabama and southern Tennessee that earthquakes, though rare, remain a real risk…