North Carolina's Canton area experiences unprecedented earthquake activity with 7th quake in 2 weeks.
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A seventh earthquake in two weeks has been detected in the same western North Carolina mountain town, with the strongest reaching 3.2 magnitude. The Appalachian Mountains are not on an active tectonic plate boundary, but the area still has sporadic earthquakes due to old geologic fault lines. Earthquakes tend to trigger other earthquakes.
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- Earthquake NC | 7th quake detected in 2 weeks near same North Carolina mountain town, West Canton WTVD-TV
- Another earthquake shakes the Asheville area early Tuesday WXII12 Winston-Salem
- 3rd earthquake in 3 days shakes western NC CBS17.com
- 7th earthquake recorded in just two weeks in Canton area WLOS
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