000 NOUS42 KGSP 091314 AAC PNSGSP GAZ010-017-018-026-028-029-NCZ033-035>037-048>053-056>059-062>065- 068>072-082-501>510-SCZ001>014-019-100115- PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GREENVILLE-SPARTANBURG SC 914 AM EDT SUN AUG 9 2020 ...MAGNITUDE 5.1 EARTHQUAKE IN SPARTA NORTH CAROLINA... A MAGNITUDE 5.1 EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED IN SPARTA NORTH CAROLINA THIS MORNING AT 807 AM EDT. THIS EARTHQUAKE FOLLOWED AN EARLIER EARTHQUAKE OF MAGNITUDE 2.6 IN THE SAME AREA AT 157 AM EDT THIS MORNING. WE HAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS ACROSS THE GSP FORECAST AREA OF SHAKING STRUCTURES, YET NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE LAST TIME AN EARTHQUAKE IN NORTH CAROLINA WAS STRONGER THAN THE CURRENT EARTHQUAKE WAS IN 1916, WHICH OCCURRED NEAR SKYLAND, NC AND HAD A MAGNITUDE OF 5.2. $$ KRENTZ
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