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A small earthquake occurred on Sat Oct 5, 2019 at about 23:55:10 CDT (Oct 6, 2019 04:55:10 UTC) 12.89 km north of Cedar Rock, NC. The magnitude was 2.1.

    Origin Time: 2019/10/06 04:55:10.5200
      Magnitude: 2.1
     Hypocenter: 36.04583 deg latitude -81.52583 deg longitude 
          Depth: 4.780 km
   Number Picks: 14
     Number Sta: 007
Closest Station: 26.00 km
            RMS: 0.16 sec
            Gap: 118.00 deg
            seh: 0.55 km
            sez: 1.66 km
        magtype: d
        Quality: 1.00
           evid: 60091023

For more information about this earthquake, see the entry in the ANSS Comprehensive Catalog.

This is a preliminary location and magnitude determined by CERI using data provided by the Advanced National Seismic System and cooperating partners. The magnitude and location may change slightly as more data become available.