November 16, 2009 - FORT PAYNE, AL (WAFF) - A small earthquake struck Northeast Alabama before dawn Monday morning according to the United States Geological Survey.
The 1.4 magnitude earthquake hit about five miles east of Fort Payne in DeKalb County.
A receptionist at Fort Payne City Hall says she felt something similar to a work by a construction company doing some blasting.
Joann Brewer also says she noticed some papers and other items in the office had been moved and knocked off a desk. Another woman said she thought the shaking was just a dream.
Neither Fort Payne police nor the DeKalb County EMA had any public reports from anyone claiming to have felt the small quake.
It was smallest of 11 earthquakes registered in Alabama this year.
The biggest earthquake ever registered struck Alabama in 1916. It was a magnitude 5.1 quake.
RELATED:
http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/quakes0.html
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
map 2.5 2009/11/16 05:12:37 35.493N 97.230W 5.0 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Midwest City, OK
map 1.4 2009/11/16 03:59:33 34.470N 85.618W 12.5 10 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Fort Payne, AL
map 1.3 2009/11/15 22:28:53 36.141N 89.385W 7.0 11 km ( 7 mi) WNW of Newbern, TN
MAP 3.0 2009/11/14 05:13:01 35.524N 97.219W 5.0 18 km (11 mi) ENE of Midwest City, OK
map 1.2 2009/11/13 23:31:38 36.482N 89.537W 7.9 12 km ( 7 mi) S of New Madrid, MO
map 0.9 2009/11/13 04:51:57 36.257N 89.486W 7.5 1 km ( 0 mi) S of Ridgely, TN
