{"676086":{"#nid":"676086","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Are the North Georgia Earthquakes Impacted by the Water Level at Lake Lanier?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn June 2024, several earthquakes shook the northeast corner of Metro Atlanta, including the Buford and Lake Lanier regions of Gwinnett and Hall counties. In a radio interview with 95.5 WSB, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/peng-dr-zhigang\u0022\u003EZhigang Peng\u003C\/a\u003E discusses a theory regarding water levels and earthquakes. \u0022It turns out a reservoir is well known to cause earthquakes,\u0022 Peng says. \u0022Now, probably not at Lake Lanier, I have not heard anything related to this reservoir -- but looking at the broader regions, we have quite a few reservoirs in Georgia and the southern regions. Some of them are known to trigger or cause earthquakes.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/weather\/are-north-georgia-earthquakes-impacted-by-water-level-lake-lanier\/XEYZWSXRLJE7NIVZYRZHPBEZI4\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3yAzasN\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn June 2024, several earthquakes shook the northeast corner of Metro Atlanta, including the Buford and Lake Lanier regions of Gwinnett and Hall counties. In a radio interview with 95.5 WSB, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/home\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/peng-dr-zhigang\u0022\u003EZhigang Peng\u003C\/a\u003E discusses a theory regarding water levels and earthquakes. \u0022It turns out a reservoir is well known to cause earthquakes,\u0022 Peng says. \u0022Now, probably not at Lake Lanier, I have not heard anything related to this reservoir -- but looking at the broader regions, we have quite a few reservoirs in Georgia and the southern regions. Some of them are known to trigger or cause earthquakes.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/weather\/are-north-georgia-earthquakes-impacted-by-water-level-lake-lanier\/XEYZWSXRLJE7NIVZYRZHPBEZI4\/\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/bit.ly\/3yAzasN\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36609","created_gmt":"2024-08-19 19:10:01","changed_gmt":"2024-08-20 13:34:47","author":"acook304","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"WSB","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/weather\/are-north-georgia-earthquakes-impacted-by-water-level-lake-lanier\/XEYZWSXRLJE7NIVZYRZHPBEZI4\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-08-13T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"175911","name":"geosciences"},{"id":"12120","name":"earthquakes"},{"id":"186354","name":"water level"}],"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":""}}}