Small Earthquake Rumbles In GA

LAFAYETTE, GA — A small earthquake rattled part of northwest Georgia on Sunday, data from the U.S. Geological Survey showed.

The 2.4-magnitude earthquake originated around 6:30 a.m. in LaFayette, a town in Walker County near Lookout Mountain, Rossville and Chickamauga. The area is near the Georgia-Tennessee border.

There may not be any injuries as only two people had reported feeling it as of Monday morning.

LaFayette sits in the Eastern Tennessee seismic zone, which the USGS said stretches across Tennessee and northwestern Georgia into northeastern Alabama. Experts say this zone is among the most active earthquake areas in the Southeast.

The most significant earthquake in the zone happened on April 29, 2003, when a 4.6-magnitude earthquake shook areas near Fort Payne, Alabama.

"Earthquakes too small to cause damage are felt about once a year. Earthquakes too small to be felt are abundant in the seismic zone, and seismographs have recorded hundreds of them in recent decades," the USGS said.

At least four earthquakes rumbled parts of metro Atlanta last year, including a 2.2-magnitude earthquake near Buford and Lake Lanier.

Areas northwest of Buford and near Sugar Hill were hit with three earthquakes in four days in June 2024.

Earlier this year, metro Atlanta residents thought they were feeling an earthquake, but it was actually parts of a meteor crashing into town.

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