3.1 earthquake shakes area
by David Forbes on 12/07/2007

Feel a rumbling this morning? That was a 3.1 magnitude earthquake, centered 27 miles southeast of Asheville.

According to information from the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake took place at 6:07 a.m., was centered just north of Mill Spring and reached about 5 miles underground. So far, no damage has been reported from the quake.

A 3.1 on the Richter scale, the force was roughly equivalent to that of a large military bomb. Earthquakes in WNC generally tend to be of much less magnitude than those in the Western U.S., but are also felt over a wider area.

Not the first one. Was a strong earthquake in spruce pine back on new years eve 1992 or 93, sadly it coincided with the passing of a dear friend of mine. Jamie Pittman.