Last Updated on August 25, 2013 4:23 pm
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4:23pm – USGS is reporting a 2.6 quake, 2 miles NNE of Blowing Rock. Reports from Facebook indicate that residents all across Watauga felt the tremble. More information as it becomes available.
4:44pm – USGS has upgraded the quake to 2.9 epicenter located 2 miles NNE of Blowing Rock
UPDATED 7:46pm – there are no reports of damage, via social media, from Sunday's earthquake near Blowing Rock.
Though very rare, over the last couple of years residents in the High Country have felt shocks from earthquakes, none of which were centered here however. Nov 10, 2012 – http://wataugaroads.com/area-residents-feel-earthquake-rumble/ Aug 23, 2011 – http://wataugaroads.com/earthquake/
USGS map
Google map of the epicenter of the quake
RT @RadioMediaGuy: Earthquake Near Blowing Rock: http://t.co/Cx5y1Y0pze
RT @WataugaRoads: Earthquake Near Blowing Rock: http://t.co/oLG0hZalEu
RT @RadioMediaGuy: Earthquake Near Blowing Rock: http://t.co/Cx5y1Y0pze
RT @WataugaRoads: Earthquake Near Blowing Rock: http://t.co/oLG0hZalEu
Thanks Drew
He said thanks drew
David, the most complexing part of this today was the rumble of it. Not as much shaking but it sounded like a minor bomb going off underground. I’m working on a article that explains why that is in the mountains. The other two quakes were shaking but no rumbles.
I think it would be the same thing if any west coast California city, LA or San Fran, got hit by huge snow storm. On the east coast we would laugh at them ya know
Ok yeah that is overboard, I didn’t even get that on my pages
However were we to ever get a 4 or 5 here it would play hell on some of these homes built on mtn sides I think
No homes here are built to “earthquake standards” a 4 would do more than some think, but then again what I do I really know about that topic. You are more the expert than I
ALSO FELT ON RICH MOUNTAIN AND HOWARDS CREEK SOME HEARD A BOOM.
Probably from from all that construction. The mountains have spoken lol