An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude in Tennessee has been reported and felt in Atlanta, Georgia and Western North Carolina
Atlanta – An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported on Saturday morning in Tennessee and felt in Atlanta, western North Carolina and other places, according to the United States geological service and local news reports.
The USGS website said the earthquake originated shortly after 9 am edt about 12 miles (20 kilometers) of Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Knoxville.
Meteorologists from television news stations serve Georgia and North Carolina reported feeling the tremors as well.
Gabriela Reilly was doing gofres with her husband when they felt that all her house shook in Braleton, Georgia, who is northeast of Atlanta.
“Our ceiling fan began to shake for about 10 seconds,” he said. “I thought that a giant plane had flown right over the neighborhood, but my husband said: ‘No, that was definitely an earthquake!'”
Earthquakes are not uncommon in the region. The seismic area of East of Tennessee is one of the most active in the southeast and extends through parts of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
Two tremors reached in December 2018. One was an earthquake of Magnitude of 4.4 that focused on Decatur, Tennessee, which is south of Knoxville. He shook houses as far as Atlanta.
Another earthquake hit a few days later with a magnitude of 3.0. His epicenter was about two miles (four kilometers) southeast of Mascot, near Knoxville. He also felt in parts of Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina.
