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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.
The U.S. Geological survey has maps and other information you can look at their website.
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