A small earthquake was detected near a scenic North Carolina town in the Great Smoky Mountains Friday night, federal seismologists said. No one reported feeling it.
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The 2.0 magnitude earthquake registered at 8:06 p.m. about 5 miles southeast of the Haywood County town of Clyde, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Clyde, population 1,360, is about 25 miles west of Asheville. Charlotte is 140 miles southeast.
The quake was 3.2 miles deep, seismologists said.
The quake joined a list of small quakes across North Carolina over at least the past year, most in the mountains.
On April 5, two earthquakes rattled opposite sides of the Holly Ridge Golf Links southeast of Archdale, Randolph County, in the Piedmont Triad.
On March 23, two shallow earthquakes were reported in Dillsboro in the mountains, and hundreds of people reported feeling the tremors, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
On Feb. 13, a 2.2 earthquake was recorded in the Sparta area — the town where a 5.1 quake struck in 2020.
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On Jan. 3, a 1.7 magnitude earthquake registered near Newland in the Blue Ridge mountains, while a 2.1 magnitude earthquake struck Dec. 6 about 2.5 miles southeast of Weaverville and 9 miles south of Asheville, according to the USGS.
A 2.1 magnitude earthquake also registered Oct. 11 about four miles northwest of Weaverville, seismologists said.
And on Sept. 20, the town of Rosman experienced its 11th small earthquake of the year, according to the USGS. Weaverville is 50 miles northeast of Rosman.
Earthquakes under 3.0 are considered weak.
The strongest earthquake of 2025, a 4.1 magnitude, hit May 10 near the Tennessee-North Carolina border and was felt as far east as Charlotte, the USGS reported.
This story was originally published June 13, 2026 at 2:37 PM with the headline “Small earthquake detected near scenic NC town in the Smoky Mountains, USGS says.”
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