January 16, 2019 in Regional, Top Stories

SHELBYVILLE AREA REPORTS EARTHQUAKE TUESDAY NIGHT

SHELBYVILLE AREA REPORTS EARTHQUAKE TUESDAY NIGHT

An earthquake shook an area near Shelbyville Tuesday night. The U.S. Geological Survey reports that the quake hit 13 km east of Shelbyville around 8:30 p.m. It was a 2.8 magnitude with a depth of 7.4 km. Several people reported that they felt the quake, however, no reports of damage have been made yet. This comes a little over a month after a 4.4 magnitude earthquake in Decatur. According to the National Weather Service office in Morristown, the largest earthquake on record in East Tennessee was a magnitude 4.7 near Marysville in 1973.



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