{"658997":{"#nid":"658997","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Magnitude 3.9 earthquake in south Georgia felt in metro Atlanta: How rare is it for the state?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EA shallow earthquake tremored in southeastern Georgia early Saturday morning, and it was the state\u0026#39;s strongest in years.\u0026nbsp;It occurred just after 4 a.m. about 160 miles away from Atlanta. The epicenter was located in Candler County, about 7 miles east of Stillmore, GA.\u0026nbsp;Originally, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) rated it a magnitude 4.2, but later re-evaluated it to be a shallow, magnitude 3.9 earthquake. And because of its location and shallow nature, it was felt hundreds of miles away. \u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/newman-dr-andrew\u0022\u003EAndrew Newman\u003C\/a\u003E, professor in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;told 11Alive that\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/geophysics.eas.gatech.edu\/GTEQ\/EMGuide\/GEMA_Earthquake_Guide_2021.pdf\u0022\u003Eearthquakes of this magnitude occur in the state about every 3 to 5 years\u003C\/a\u003E. But where those earthquakes occur are usually not in this part of the state.\u0026nbsp;\u0026quot;Georgia definitely gets more earthquakes in the northwest corner of the state in the Ridge and Valley. That\u0026#39;s where we have a well-defined seismic system,\u0026quot; he said. \u0026quot;Up next is along the Fall Line, which runs from roughly Columbus to Macon to Augusta. We think those earthquakes are triggered by a change in the hydrological system.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2022-06-21 16:39:41","changed_gmt":"2022-06-21 16:39:41","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/weather\/georgia-earthquake-saturday-morning-magnitude-how-rare\/85-e6de9f06-ab4c-4cb6-9269-c1619d85e0cf","dateline":{"date":"2022-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2022-06-18T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"12237","name":"Andrew Newman"},{"id":"5770","name":"Earthquake"},{"id":"342","name":"Georgia"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}