Quake, storms, tornado struck Georgia this week

Outages, flooding, damage left in weather’s wake.

About 20 tornadoes hit Georgia on Monday, including one in Fulton County, the National Weather Service said Thursday.

And then the earthquake came.

The tornadoes were part of a storm system that left thousands in the dark and ripped the roof off a fire station in Carrollton.

Initially, the Fulton tornado touched down on Campbellton Redwine Road, which is north of South Fulton Parkway.

Then it touched down intermittently as it headed east toward Cochran Mill Parkway, where the tornado finally lifted, according to the Weather Service.

Though the tornado was categorized as EF0 on a scale that runs up to EF5 — meaning winds would have topped out at 72 mph — some low-end EF1 damage was reported in Cochran Mill Park, where more than 100 hardwood and pine trees were snapped and uprooted.

The confirmation came a day after severe weather pounded metro Atlanta and other parts of Georgia all day Wednesday, causing power outages, flooding and other damage.

The magnitude 2.5 earthquake appeared to take much less of a toll.

The U.S. Geological Survey detected the quake just after 9:30 p.m. Wednesday in an area about 3.7 miles southwest of Sparta — about 100 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta,

Someone in Cumming reported feeling the quake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Dozens more in Eatonton, Milledgeville and other cities said they also felt the quake, described by National Weather Service meteorologist Lauren Merritt as “pretty weak.”

Merritt said she would be surprised if the earthquake caused any damage.