Small earthquakes reported near Buford late Thursday night, early Friday

BUFORD, Ga. – At the least 2 small earthquakes had been recorded within the Buford/Lake Lanier space since Thursday night.

A 2.5 magnitude earthquake was reported at 11:15 p.m. June 6 and a 1.7 magnitude earthquake came about at 1:30 a.m. June 7, in accordance with US Geological Survey.  

The primary earthquake had a depth of 4.1 kilometers or 2.5 miles. The smaller earthquake had a depth of just about 1.7 miles.

Earthquakes are normally not felt if they’re 2.5 or much less, in accordance with the Earthquake Magnitude Scale. 

Earthquakes between 2.5 and 5.5 are sometimes felt, however solely trigger minor injury.

A number of residents of the realm reached out to FOX 5 Atlanta via Fb and stated they felt the earthquake on Thursday night.

There haven’t been any studies of injury or accidents.