11th earthquake of the year touches small NC mountain town Saturday, USGS says
The tiny North Carolina mountain town of Rosman experienced its 11th small earthquake of the year on Saturday, federal seismologists said.
A 1.7 magnitude earthquake registered at 12:46 a.m. about 7 1/2 miles west of the Transylvania County town of about 730 people, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Rosman lies on the eastern boundary of Pisgah National Forest, 9 miles southwest of Brevard and 140 miles west of Charlotte.
The quake was 0.06 miles deep, the USGS reported. No one reported feeling the quake, and no damage was reported.
A 2.2 magnitude earthquake registered at 5:12 a.m. Wednesday nearly 5.6 miles west of Rosman, according to the USGS, and a 2.1 magnitude quake about 2.5 miles southwest of the town on Wednesday, Sept. 10.
About 100 miles northeast of Rosman, a 1.8 magnitude quake registered about five miles west of Bakersville early Thursday, Sept. 11, The Charlotte Observer previously reported, citing the USGS.
Strongest quake of the year felt in Charlotte
Rosman also saw three quakes over four days in August, McClatchy News previously reported.
Earthquakes under 3.0 are considered weak and typically cause no damage.
On May 10, a 4.1 magnitude earthquake near the Tennessee-North Carolina border was felt as far east as Charlotte, the USGS reported.
That quake struck at 9:04 a.m. and was centered about 12 miles southeast of Greenback, Tennessee, near North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest.