TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY, N.C. (WGHP) — The United States Geological Survey reported an earthquake in North Carolina on Tuesday. The 1.7 magnitude earthquake was reported at 6:50 a.m. 3.7 miles west of ...

The 7.2 magnitude earthquake which rocked Haiti on August 14 came a few days after the year anniversary of the 5.1 near Sparta, North Carolina. A few days later a 2.7 magnitude earthquake was felt in ...

A 2.2 earthquake was recorded Friday in the Sparta area of North Carolina, the same site where a 5.1 quake ruptured the ground in 2020, the U.S. Geological Survey says. NC Emergency Management image A ...

The “swarm” of tremors has caused worry but little damage. Still, the state’s history includes the most deadly and destructive earthquake in the eastern U.S.