Earthquake Rocks the SouthEast

OK, so maybe we didn't exactly rock, but we did shake for a minute at 5:00 am EST here in the Atlanta area.  This is big news in the South since we seldom get noticeable earthquakes -- its actually the only one I've ever felt in my life.  This was a 4.9 on the Richter scale, centered along the Alabama / Georgia line near Fort Payne in Alabama.  Fort Payne is the location of the deepest gorge east of the Mississippi, and the fault line there runs along the Appalachian Mountains.  I estimate my house is about 75 miles from the epicenter -- I've seen several hurricanes and now an earthquake!

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  • This anomaly happened in Vermont sometime last year also. The epicenter was over in the Adirondacks. Throughout Vermont, the general consensus was that most people's first reaction was that their boiler had blown up! It was also early in the morning. I don't know if there was ever an earthquake here before. The world is changing!!

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