By looking at a map on
this website I can say that I feel that the epicenter of a earthquake would,
most likely, not be in our
immediate area. It still could possibly be in an area around us and that would then affect us, but no the epicenter would not be in our area. Another bit of evidence that it would not be in our area would be the dates of all of the earthquakes in North Carolina. If you were to look at the dates of the most recent earthquake even remotely close to our area then it would be in 2006 in the mountainous region of the state. We aren't that far away from that area but hopefully there won't be any major earthquakes anytime soon. Looking at the map found on
this site, you can see that the most hazardous earthquakes don't often happen in our area. We would be considered living in either the green or the blue on the map. This would mean that if any earthquakes were to happen in North Carolina then the probability that it would be catastrophic is very low.
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To address the second detail that we needed to include in this post, I do think that an earthquake in a hotspot area around us could potentially damage us, taking in consideration the magnitude of the earthquake. The hotspot closest to our area is below us so that could possibly be where a earthquake would hit, if one were to hit sometime in the near future. If an earthquake did hit the hotspot then it would likely need to be an earthquake of a magnitude over 3 to do any significant damage. The damage would likely be unnoticeable in North Carolina if it was any magnitude under 4 though.
My sources are as follows:
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