EARTHQUAKE!!!

OK, maybe not. But the Center for Earthquake Research and Information at the University of Memphis says it’s so.

A magnitude 2.6 shaker hit Western North Carolina at 4:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to this outfit. The epicenter – Franklin. This is the report generated from their
Magnitude 2.6 – duration magnitude (Md)
Time Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 4:50:32 AM (CDT)
Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at 9:50:32 (UTC)
Distance from 20 Franklin, NC – 5 km (3 miles) NE (53 degrees)
11 Webster, NC – 18 km (11 miles) SW (215 degrees)
10 Cullowhee, NC – 18 km (11 miles) SW (232 degrees)
30 Asheville, NC – 83 km (51 miles) WSW (239 degrees)
Coordinates 35 deg. 12.7 min. N (35.211N), 83 deg. 20.0 min. W ( 83.334W)
Depth 0 km (0.0 miles)
Quality Poor
Location Quality Parameters Nst= 10, Nph= 10, Dmin=111 km, Rmss=0.37 sec, Erho=0.5 km, Erzz=2.5 km, Gp=190.8 degrees
Event ID# sejm0608a

Notice the disclaimer at the top of the site. It basically says it could all be bullshit. They won’t know until they actually check the data. Oh, well. Made for a good headline.