North Carolina Hit by 5.1-Mmagnitude Earthquake, Most Powerful in 100 Years
A 5.1-magnitude earthquake rocked North Carolina early Sunday with the most powerful tremors to hit the state in more than 100 years.
The quake struck around 8:07 a.m. with the epicenter about was about 2.5 miles southeast of Sparta, just south of the Virginia-North Carolina border, according to the US Geological Service.
It marked the strongest to rattle the state since 1916, when a magnitude 5.5 quake occurred near Skyland, according to the National Weather Service in Greenville.
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