BUFORD, Ga. — An earthquake was reported close to Lake Lanier on Thursday night time, based on america Geological Survey. 

Residents within the Buford, Suwanee and Lake Lanier areas reported feeling an earthquake round 11:15 p.m. Thursday, with one particular person, Alicia Phillips, saying the quake shook her whole residence close to Buford Dam.

One other resident, Lyss Hawn, reported that her residence additionally felt the rumble down in south Forsyth County.

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Reviews from USGS mentioned the two.5-magnitude earthquake had a 2.5-mile depth, which might solely trigger very mild injury. Nonetheless, it was thought-about to have a reasonable depth for shaking and should have been felt. 

A seismograph with the Georgia Tech Academic earthQuake Community picked up on the earthquake from Grant Park in Atlanta.

At 1:30 a.m., one other earthquake occurred close to the unique spot with a magnitude of two.1. The depth of the second earthquake was 5.3-miles. The second quake was rated as having a stage 4 depth, which suggests you might have felt a lightweight quantity of shaking. No injury would’ve been attributable to an earthquake this weak.