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Sparta is caving in!

captainTrip

Posted 9:39 am, 10/14/2020

At least Sparta cave in would be natural phenomenon, unlike the "Town That Ate Taco Bell"

Foxnose

Posted 9:21 am, 10/14/2020

It would be like a caravan at the border

skeptic

Posted 8:31 am, 10/14/2020

What happens if Sparta breaks off and slides down the mountain into Wilkes county? All I know is that I'm not paying for that lame teapot museum.

antithesis

Posted 2:59 am, 10/14/2020

The U.S. Geological Survey reports there have been seven earthquakes in Alleghany County in the last 24 hours.

This is the latest in a series of tremors and aftershocks since the 5.1 magnitude quake that hit Sparta on Aug. 9. It was the most powerful earthquake to hit North Carolina in more than 100 years.

Here are the latest from USGS:

    2.0 magnitude

8 km SW of Sparta, North Carolina

October 12, 10:53pm

    1.3 magnitude

7 km SW of Sparta, North Carolina

October 12, 10:58pm

    1.4 magnitude

7 km SW of Sparta, North Carolina

October 12, 11:36pm

    1.8 magnitude

6 km SW of Sparta, North Carolina

October 13, 05:14am

    0.6 magnitude

7 km SW of Sparta, North Carolina

October 13, 05:24am

    2.4 magnitude

9 km SW of Sparta, North Carolina

October 13, 08:51am

    0.4 magnitude

3 km ENE of Sparta, North Carolina

October 13, 09:22am


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