How nerdy can this be? I was blogging when a very small, but seemingly rare earthquake rumbled through my neighborhood. My feet firmly planted on the floor, I felt a sustained vibration of the house with windows and pictures rattling. Nothing fell. Nothing broke. It was a very unusual experience, however. I reported my very unscientific observations to the Seismology guys as the US Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards program.The official USGS report on event "usceaf"
A minor earthquake occurred at 03:09:41 (UTC) on Thursday, August 25, 2005. The magnitude 3.8 event has been located in NORTH CAROLINA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)
Magnitude 3.8
Date-Time
Thursday, August 25, 2005 at 03:09:41 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time
Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 11:09:41 PM = local time at epicenter
Location
35.878°N, 82.797°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region NORTH CAROLINA
Distances
* 4 km (2 miles) ESE (122°) from Hot Springs, NC
* 14 km (9 miles) NW (308°) from Marshall, NC
* 23 km (14 miles) WNW (284°) from Mars Hill, NC
* 40 km (25 miles) NNW (327°) from Asheville, NC
* 104 km (64 miles) E (95°) from Knoxville, TN
* 564 km (350 miles) SSW (207°) from Pittsburgh, PA
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 7.8 km (4.8 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters
Nst= 28, Nph= 28, Dmin=100.1 km, Rmss=1.42 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (MLg), Version=6
Source USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID usceaf
qv: USGS Event Link
Tags: earthquake
