Introduction Over the weekend, residents of Kentucky and Tennessee experienced a series of seismic events that caught the attention of both locals and experts. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...
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The USGS estimated that a small area around the epicenter may have experienced light to moderate shaking. A larger radius, ...
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