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<b>GREENSBORO, N.C.</b> — Two small earthquakes shook things up a bit in Guilford County overnight Tuesday, not too far from Greensboro.

The first earthquake happened around 2:19 a.m., and the second happened just minutes later.

The US Geological Survey reported they rated about a 2.0 on the Richter scale.

The tremors happened around McLeansville, just northeast of Greensboro.

Some people in the Triad are reporting they felt shaking in the middle of the night.

Damage-causing earthquakes are very rare in North Carolina; however, the state has faced a handful of memorable and powerful quakes that have been largely forgotten by history.

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Rumbling mountains: History of major earthquakes in North Carolina

Charleston, SC after the earthquake in 1886. Image courtesy of USGS

<h2>How often do earthquakes shake up NC?</h2>

Dating back to 1735, there have been 22 damage-causing earthquakes in North Carolina, including an earthquake in 2020, when a 5.1 quake shook Sparta, NC.

Just as recently as this past June, portions of western NC experienced <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/7th-earthquake-in-two-weeks-hits-western-nc-tuesday-morning/20894559/">seven earthquakes within a two-week period, all within a mile of each other</a>.

There's even a mountain in North Carolina named after a series of earthquakes in the 1800s that <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/rumbling-mountains-history-of-major-earthquakes-in-north-carolina/19227389/">settlers mistook for the end of the world</a>.

Here's a <a href="https://www.wral.com/story/rumbling-mountains-history-of-major-earthquakes-in-north-carolina/19227389/">history of the worst earthquakes in North Carolina</a>.

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