2 small earthquakes (2.3, 1.5) occurred in North Carolina's Surry County on Saturday night, less than an hour apart, near Sparta.

Two small earthquakes, with magnitudes of 2.3 and 1.5, occurred in North Carolina's Surry County on Saturday night, less than an hour apart. The first quake hit at 7:48 pm near the North Carolina-Virginia border, and the second, with a magnitude of 1.5, happened about an hour later. Both quakes were felt near Sparta, where a damaging 5.1 magnitude earthquake occurred in 2020, causing 525 reports of damage.

March 31, 2024
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