A earthquake 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported on Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt AtlantaWestern North Carolina And elsewhere, according to the US Geological Survey and local reports.
The USGS website said the earthquake came shortly after 9 a.m. HAE at around 12 miles (20 kilometers) from Greenback, Tennessee, which is around 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Knoxville.
Meteorologists of new television stations in the service of Georgia and North Carolina also said they had felt the tremors.
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Gabriela Reilly made waffles with her husband when they felt all their house shake in Braselton, Georgia, which is northeast of Atlanta.
“Our ceiling fan started to tremble for about 10 seconds,” she said. “I thought that a giant plane had stolen at the bottom right above the neighborhood, but my husband said:” No, it was definitely an earthquake! “”
Earthquakes are not uncommon in the region. The eastern seismic area of Tennessee is one of the most active in the southeast and extends in certain parts of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.
Two tremors struck in December 2018. One was an earthquake of magnitude of 4.4 centered in Decatur, Tennessee, south of Knoxville. He rocked the houses as far as Atlanta.
Another earthquake struck a few days later with a magnitude of 3.0. Its epicenter was about two miles (four kilometers) south-east of the Mascot, near Knoxville. He was also felt in parts of Georgia, Kentucky and North Carolina.
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