Crime & Safety

An Earthquake in Cartersville?

As we consider if an earthquake could happen here, the U.S. Geological Survey wants to know what you felt yesterday.

While Cartersville sits on a major fault system that runs from Chatsworth to the Polk-Haralson County line, experts say it's highly unlikely we would experience an earthquake.

Curator Julian Gray, whose equipment yesterday , said the faults in north Georgia are dormant and have been for a long, long time.

The last significant earthquake in the east occurred more than 100 years ago, he said. According to a Georgia Tech report, an earthquake in Charleston, S.C., killed nearly 60 people in 1886.

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The U.S. Geological Survey is asking people who felt to report their experiences so it can better measure the earthquake's reach, along with the extent of its .

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  • A map of the history of Georgia earthquake activity and
  • A map of the responses collected by the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program, which indicate numerous accounts of tremors in the north Georgia and Atlanta areas.

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