{"id":494,"date":"2018-12-12T17:12:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globalflare.com\/nashville\/?p=494"},"modified":"2018-12-12T17:12:06","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T17:12:06","slug":"4-4-magnitude-earthquake-rocked-nashville-region-last-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalflare.com\/nashville\/4-4-magnitude-earthquake-rocked-nashville-region-last-night\/","title":{"rendered":"4.4 Magnitude Earthquake Rocked The Nashville Region Last Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night a <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/pydArZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">massive 4.4 magnitude earthquake<\/a> rocked our region, knocking books off of shelves and waking deep sleepers from their beds.<\/p>\n<p>According to the U.S. Geological Survey, <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/pydArZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the earthquake had an epicenter of 9 Km under Decatur, TN<\/a>. Even though this is about\u00a0100 miles\u00a0east of Nashville, it still shocked people all around the\u00a0Nashville region;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I swear I just felt earthquake tenor&#8230;. it woke me up!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamie\u2764\ufe0fWeinerDogs (@scoobydooclt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/scoobydooclt\/status\/1072784646474223616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Because I stay up ridiculously late, I actually felt this earthquake at around 4:15AM.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve never been so confused. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JjH92nzp53\">https:\/\/t.co\/JjH92nzp53<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \ud83e\udddf\u200d\u2642\ufe0fJeffrey Kopp\ud83e\udddf\u200d\u2640\ufe0f (@jeffreykopp97) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffreykopp97\/status\/1072786476952444928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The earthquake was so strong that it was even felt as far away as Tampa, FL, Kansas City, and New York City.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the USGA&#8217;s &#8216;did you feel it&#8217; map from last night&#8217;s quake;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.charlottestories.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/earthquake-in-charlotte-region.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1375\" height=\"762\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was the second strongest ever recorded in Eastern Tennessee;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This morning&#8217;s M4.4 earthquake near Decatur is the second strongest on record in East TN, according to the USGS. The strongest was a M4.7 near Maryville in 1973. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/earthquake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#earthquake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NWS Morristown (@NWSMorristown) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSMorristown\/status\/1072797751874936832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Earthquakes have been increasing in frequency around\u00a0our region over the past few years, about a year ago, we saw a 2.9 magnitude quake hit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlottestories.com\/top-10-worst-disasters-happen-north-carolina-2016\/\">Asheville<\/a>\u00a0and a\u00a02.1 magnitude quake that struck\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/se60034208#executive\">Bryson City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Nashville area has been known to experience the occasional damage-causing earthquakes.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/se60034203#region-info\">USGS.gov<\/a>, \u201cThe largest earthquake in the area (magnitude 5.1) occurred in 1916. Moderately damaging earthquakes strike Tennesee every few decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt about once each year or two.\u201d<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><strong>Did you feel last night\u2019s quake?\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night a massive 4.4 magnitude earthquake rocked our region, knocking books off of shelves and waking deep sleepers from their beds. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake had an epicenter of 9 Km under Decatur, TN. 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