592863 external_news 1498058097 1498234326 While everybody was wondering whether June 20th's special election in Georgia would set off a political earthquake, an actual 3.2 magnitude tremor struck the area around Augusta. No damage was reported, but it was felt 140 miles away in Atlanta. It also gave the makers of Temblor, a mobile app that calculates quake risk where you live, a chance to write on their blog about how often earthquakes hit the eastern U.S. For insight into the seismic activity in our region, the Temblor blog team spoke with Andrew Newman, an associate professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. 

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