(ETH) – At least four earthquakes measuring up to magnitude 2.4 have reportedly rattled middle and eastern Tennessee residents on Thursday night and Friday morning according to the Charlotte Observer.
According to the report, The other quakes ranged from 1.5 to 2.3 magnitude, according to the USGS. The first quake of significant magnitude began at 7:27 p.m. about 10 miles outside of Pulaski, Tennessee — just north of the Alabama border, and reportedly was about seven miles deep.
This was followed by another earthquake measuring a magnitude 2.3 that rattled seven miles from Rockwood, Tennessee, at 8:55 p.m., There were reports from at least four people, including one 88 miles away in Kentucky, that felt a shaking.
Approximately, Two minutes later, a 1.7 magnitude quake struck roughly in the same location, and the last earthquake shook four miles from Sweetwater, Tennessee, at 5:41 a.m. on Friday morning. All of the latter three earthquakes were southwest of Knoxville, between 30 and 50 miles from the North Carolina border.
