[kcvl]

4/29/03

Rumbling shakes, awakes metro Atlantans


There was a whole lot of shaking going in metro Atlanta this morning.

It was not immediately known whether an earthquake was responsible. One TV report indicated a tremor in southern Missouri, site of the New Madrid fault, but it was unclear at 5:15 a.m. whether its reverberations had reached Georgia.

Residents across Atlanta's northern suburbs were shaken awake by the rumbling sound that may have lasted up to two minutes.

One Woodstock resident reported his house shook and creaked for a couple minutes shortly after 5 a.m. Reports also came in from Cobb County.

An East Cobb resident said, "The whole house shook. I could hear the windows shaking. It lasted about 5-10 seconds."

Three huge earthquakes occurred along the New Madrid fault in 1811 and 1812. Experts estimate that they were of a magnitude of 8.0 or higher on the Richter Scale and were felt over the entire United States outside of the Pacific coast.

[karpach]

news now saying was fault in alabama. 4.0-4.5 on richter scale

[TxBec]

all the shaking and they aren't sure it was an earthquake? shock and awe? d'oh?

[Twinkie]

I'm not too far from Nashville right now and didn't feel
anything.