Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Cartersville residents who work in Dalton reported hearing and feeling the 2.7 magnitude earthquake.
It was only a blip on the seismograph, but an earthquake in Dalton created a lot of conversation in Cartersville. Tellus Science Museum recorded the earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.7 that occurred about 5 miles deep. "These relatively small earthquakes are not that rare, but they are exciting when they do occur," Curator Julian Gray said. "This area has periodic (every 5 to 10 years) minor earthquakes such as the one that struck Dalton." "I work in Dalton and felt it and they are saying 2.5," said Cartersville Patch reader Lisa Maire Baldwin on our Facebook page. "It was like a rumble sounded like thunder but then realized it was not." The quake—centered 1 mile west southwest of Dalton—hit at 11:44 a.m., added Gray. "At 6:35 a…
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
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. Tellus Science Museum Curator Julian Gray, whose equipment yesterday measured the Virginia earthquake, 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. The U.S. Geological Survey is asking people who felt Tuesday's earthquake to report their experiences so it can better measure the earthquake's reach, along with the extent of its aftershocks. See …
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
On its seismograph, Tellus Science Museum picked up the quake that hit northern Virginia.
The 5.9 magnitude earthquake that rocked northern Virginia was felt in the metro Atlanta area, including Cartersville, according to various reports. Tellus Science Museum also recorded it on its seismograph. "This is major news – the White House and the Pentagon have been evacuated and there are reports of interruption to infrastructure," said Curator Julian Gray. "A magnitude 5.9 is huge and very rare in these intercontinental locations where there are no known major faults, but they do occasionally happen...The earthquake occurred at precisely 1:51 p.m. and the seismic waves arrived at Tellus in just under two minutes." Employees of Sharp Top Trees, just outside of Cartersville, reported "offices here near White rocking." It was the same…
Thursday, June 23, 2011
"All of us have the ability to do bad, but I think the bigger part of us is to do good.” — Laura Lowe
Heroes are people unaffected by borders, heroes bridge gaps, break records, build hope. Cartersville native, Laura Lowe is one such lady. Having grown up surrounded by the familiarity of family and friends all her life, it was a big leap for Lowe to choose to go to college away from home. Lowe never imagined that her passion for a better world would take her beyond our nation’s borders so soon. “I grew up going to Rowland Springs Baptist Church and I went to high school at Cass,” said Lowe. “I played soccer my whole life, so I knew that’s what I wanted to do in college. I ultimately ended up at Georgia Southwestern.” While at Georgia Southwestern State University, Lowe became very involved with the Baptist Collegiate Ministries. “I …
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