According to Chief Meteorologist Brad Panovich, a 5.1 magnitude earthquake was reported near Sparta, North Carolina Sunday morning at around 8 a.m. Sunday's tremor was the location of Saturday's 2.3 ...

The quakes registered as a 2.2 around 1:20 a.m. and a 2.1 around 6:35 a.m., and both were centered about two miles north, northwest of the popular tourist town in McDowell County. Witnesses mostly ...

A small earthquake was detected miles from two North Carolina tourist communities in the Blue Ridge Mountains on Friday, federal seismologists reported. The 2.1 magnitude earthquake registered at 4:11 ...

ROSMAN, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey said an earthquake was reported in Transylvania County Saturday night. According to the USGS, the earthquake hit 6.3 miles west of ...

An earthquake rippled across part of the North Carolina mountains on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. USGS Another small North Carolina town in the Blue Ridge Mountains ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said two early morning earthquakes hit McDowell County on Friday. The agency said the first earthquake hit 2.2 miles ...