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Tenn. Earthquake Felt In Georgia
POSTED: 12:37 pm EDT August 1,
2009
UPDATED: 6:16 pm EDT August 1,
2009
ATLANTA -- The National Weather Service and the US Geological Society detected an earthquake which reached 3.2 on the Richter scale.The earthquake was located about 6 miles east of Ducktown, TN, about 7 miles north of McCaysville, GA and about 55 miles east of Chattanooga.The epicenter is 90 miles from Atlanta.Residents in North Georgia felt the tremor Saturday around 9:38 a.mThe tremor was also felt in the Elijay and Gilmer County area according to callers."I just wanted to tell you that the town of Blue Ridge, Ga. just had a earthquake," one viewer wrote CBS Atlanta News.There were no reports of damage.
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