A pair of earthquakes hit central North Carolina in 4 days

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In August 2020, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck Sparta, North Carolina. Seismograph (Photo: MGN Image)

An earthquake measuring 2.3 on the Richter scale hit an area of ​​central North Carolina early Wednesday morning, authorities said, the second to hit the area in a week.

The US Geological Survey confirmed a 2.3-magnitude earthquake at 4:05 a.m. Wednesday in Winston-Salem, the Winston-Salem Journal reports.

The US Geological Survey reported that a 2.4-magnitude earthquake rocked the town of Winston-Salem shortly before 9 a.m. The epicenter of the quake was about three miles southwest of Winston-Salem, the agency said.

The US Geological Survey said on its website that since at least 1776, people living in the interior of North and South Carolina, and in parts of Georgia and Tennessee, have felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from large, infrequent earthquakes.

In August 2020, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Sparta, the second such earthquake that morning. It was the largest earthquake to hit North Carolina since 1916, when a 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Skyland, the National Weather Service said in Greenville, South Carolina.

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