{"681188":{"#nid":"681188","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Second shallow earthquake shakes the state, this time near middle Georgia","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EA shallow magnitude earthquake shook parts of middle Georgia earlier Tuesday evening, less than half a day after tremors were felt in northwest Georgia in Chattooga County.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E11Alive meteorologist\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Nord\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(EAS 2013) spoke with a Georgia Tech seismologist, who explained Northwest Georgia is the state\u0027s most active seismic region. It is located within the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone, which experiences frequent, small earthquakes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/peng-dr-zhigang\u0022\u003EZhigang Peng\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of geophysics in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, recently co-authored a research study on the frequency of earthquakes in this Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022We connected all of the data that has been recorded in that region over the past 15 years or so. And then we carefully relocated, trying to determine exactly where they\u0027re located. And after we did that, we found out that many of them occur in small kind of ligament, which is probably an indication that there are some small faults,\u0022 Peng said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIt\u0027s possible that Tuesday\u0027s earthquake in northwest Georgia was one of those small ligaments or faults, but Dr. Peng said he\u0027d need to investigate further.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EA shallow magnitude earthquake shook parts of middle Georgia earlier Tuesday evening, less than half a day after tremors were felt in northwest Georgia in Chattooga County.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E11Alive meteorologist\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EMelissa Nord\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E(EAS 2013) spoke with a Georgia Tech seismologist, who explained Northwest Georgia is the state\u0027s most active seismic region. It is located within the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone, which experiences frequent, small earthquakes.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/peng-dr-zhigang\u0022\u003EZhigang Peng\u003C\/a\u003E, professor of geophysics in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, recently co-authored a research study on the frequency of earthquakes in this Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003E\u0022We connected all of the data that has been recorded in that region over the past 15 years or so. And then we carefully relocated, trying to determine exactly where they\u0027re located. And after we did that, we found out that many of them occur in small kind of ligament, which is probably an indication that there are some small faults,\u0022 Peng said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EIt\u0027s possible that Tuesday\u0027s earthquake in northwest Georgia was one of those small ligaments or faults, but Dr. Peng said he\u0027d need to investigate further.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"36583","created_gmt":"2025-03-17 19:56:50","changed_gmt":"2025-03-18 18:22:49","author":"lvidal7","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"11 Alive","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.11alive.com\/article\/weather\/earthquake-reported-cochran-georgia\/85-52ba7e5b-b6c4-4a75-a8a0-600f86cf678f","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-25T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"150","name":"Physics and Physical Sciences"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"12120","name":"earthquakes"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"}],"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":""}}}