Minor earthquake: M2.9 quake strikes near Newland in North Carolina

A minor earthquake magnitude 2.9 (mg/mb) has striked on Monday, 12 kilometers (7 miles) from Newland in North Carolina. The temblor was reported at 01:44:22 / 1:44 am (local time epicenter) at a depth of 22.7 km (14 miles). Global time of event 2014-12-15 06:44:22 UTC/GMT. A tsunami warning has not been issued, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Exact location of event, longitude -81.9167 West, latitude 35.9792 North, depth 22.7 km.

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	2.9 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-81.9167° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	35.9792° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	22.7 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	12km S of Newland, North Carolina	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2014-12-15 06:44:22	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2014-12-15 06:51:49	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset	-300	Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	5	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.8	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	reviewed	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami		This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	131	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	se	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	se	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used		The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.7905175	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.14 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	237.599980992	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	md	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	se60063272	Id of event.
Event Code	60063272	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	se60063272	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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LISA BEDFORD

my husband and I was wide awake, we felt and heard it. It sounded and felt to us like a severe explosion. Scared us to death. Our location is Patterson, NC about 7-9 miles from where it said originated.

December 15, 2014

Pat Cashwell

Felt in Boone, heard a loud blast and the entire house shook.

December 15, 2014

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