The East Tennessee earthquake on May 10 was one of the strongest to hit the region since 1900. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is an active one, even if it isn't known to produce quakes strong enough ...

He said that he’s not surprised it happened because that part of the state is an active seismic zone called the East Tennessee Seismic Zone. “Earthquakes there are happening there all the time ...

Middle Tennessee sits between two major zones for earthquakes, including the East Tennessee Seismic Zone and the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone stretches from ...

Earthquakes are not uncommon in the region. The Eastern Tennessee seismic zone is one of the most active in the Southeast and extends across parts of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Another ...

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East Tennessee Seismic Zone subject to quakes An earthquake occurs when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or the fault plane.

A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Tennessee on Saturday ... prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking ...

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA ARE IN THE EAST TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE, WHILE CENTRAL KENTUCKY ISN’T NECESSARILY IN A SEISMIC ZONE. AS FOR WHAT THIS MEANS, GOING FORWARD, ZAHRA SAYS ...

The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is an active one, even if it isn't known to produce quakes strong enough to be catastrophic. The most recent one centered near Greenback fits that pattern ...