The second strongest earthquake recorded in Alabama was a magnitude 4.9 quake centered in Escambia County in 1997. The strongest occurred in Shelby County in 1916, estimated at a 5.1-magnitude.

According to data from the USGS, there were two earthquakes in Decatur, Tennessee, around 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Though not felt in Alabama, an earthquake that struck southern Indiana last month sent ripples through the ground that were recorded by a new seismic monitoring station near Centreville, nearly ...

In the NBC mini-series "10.5," a catastrophic quake is wiping the State of California off the face of the map. Could anything like that happen in Alabama?

Still, earthquakes are not uncommon in Alabama. Since 1886, more than 400 earthquakes have been recorded in the state. Typically earthquakes only with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher can be felt.

(WHNT) – North Alabama experienced its first earthquake of 2023 early Wednesday morning. Here in the Tennessee Valley, earthquakes don’t occur every day but they are certainly not uncommon.

The Geological Survey of Alabama reports that on April 29, 2003, a 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Fort Payne, Alabama, causing damage to buildings, sinkholes, and minor landslides.

1975 Aug 29 04:22 4.4M Intensity VI Palmerdale, Alabama ( 33.659N 86.5880W ) The earthquake cracked a sheetrock ceiling and shifted lamps on tables at Palmerdale, north of Birmingham.