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Earthquake hits same North Carolina area for 3rd time this month

Earthquake hits same North Carolina area for 3rd time this month
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Earthquake hits same North Carolina area for 3rd time this month
For the third time this month, an earthquake has hit the same area in North Carolina.(Above video is the Friday morning headlines for 4/19/24.)The United States Geological Survey said it detected a magnitude 2.13 earthquake hit at at 3:37 a.m. on Friday.The quake was almost two miles deep and hit about 10 miles west-northwest of Bryson City and 26 miles south of Sevierville, Tennessee, officials said.On Tuesday, a 2.01 earthquake happened about 5:50 a.m. in the same Swain County town.A week earlier, on April 4, a 2.12 magnitude earthquake was reported in Bryson City.Trending stories for Friday, April 18, 2024:10 taken to hospital after gas leak detected at BMW facility, officials sayMother, father charged after infant severely burned in toilet, deputies sayDeputies: Endangered Upstate man reported missing found tangled in barbed wire

For the third time this month, an earthquake has hit the same area in North Carolina.

(Above video is the Friday morning headlines for 4/19/24.)

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The United States Geological Survey said it detected a magnitude 2.13 earthquake hit at at 3:37 a.m. on Friday.

The quake was almost two miles deep and hit about 10 miles west-northwest of Bryson City and 26 miles south of Sevierville, Tennessee, officials said.

On Tuesday, a 2.01 earthquake happened about 5:50 a.m. in the same Swain County town.

A week earlier, on April 4, a 2.12 magnitude earthquake was reported in Bryson City.

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