An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 that struck North Carolina near its border with Virginia at 8:07 a.m., following a much smaller quake several hours earlier. This earthquake is the strongest to shake the state since 1926.
Watch the waves from the M5.1 earthquake in North Carolina cross seismic stations in North America! (THREAD) https://t.co/t6zCZT4y3R pic.twitter.com/d8KCMdOTQY
— IRIS Earthquake Sci (@IRIS_EPO) August 9, 2020
There were no reports of serious injuries, but some minor structural damage was reported in Sparta, as well as cracks inroads. A Morning News Anchor, Kelly Anne Beile took Twitter to show the aftermath of the earthquake.
BREAKING: 5.1 earthquake hits Sparta, North Carolina (western part of state), according to U.S. Geological Survey preliminary report.
VIDEO: Road buckles due to water main break #Sparta #wx #wxtwitter pic.twitter.com/QVeqPH1qdm
— Kelly Anne Beile (@KellyAnneTV) August 9, 2020
According to USGS, It is likely that aftershocks of magnitude 3 or higher will hit the region in the next week. It also being reported that at least 4 foreshocks of around 2.1 to 2.6 started about 25 hours before Sunday’s earthquake.
An earthquake rattles North Carolina this morning. Small aftershocks will likely be felt in the coming days. Biggest quake in North Carolina since 1916, according to our media partners @wcnc @wusa9 #wusa9weather https://t.co/cUhFwxcxNs @hbwx @TenaciousTopper @chesterlampkin pic.twitter.com/DtJw9ZPQ7n
— Miri Marshall WUSA (@MiriWeather) August 9, 2020
The netizens shared on their social media the CCTV and cams that captured the incident.
EARTHQUAKE VIDEO: This is what it looked like earlier this morning near the epicenter of a 5.1 magnitude earthquake in Sparta, North Carolina. https://t.co/cdDzbOMN1r
📷 Tom Willis pic.twitter.com/0XhJ8xHtjc
— WMBF News (@wmbfnews) August 9, 2020
Hopefully, everyone in North Carolina is safe! They also had a typhoon in the same week!
Info via CNN