4.1 magnitude earthquake in eastern Tennessee shakes Carolinas and Atlanta

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake rocked eastbound Tennessee Saturday greeting and was felt arsenic acold distant arsenic Atlanta, Georgia.

The quake originated adjacent Greenbeck, Tennessee, astir 30 miles southwest of Knoxville, according to the US Geological Survey.

The USGS reported the tremor had a extent of astir 15.5 miles.

Residents successful North and South Carolina and Georgia reported feeling the tremors.

“First ever earthquake you could really consciousness successful Atlanta,” 1 X idiosyncratic posted. “Whole spot shook for astir 10 seconds. Absolutely nuts.”

“I’m extracurricular of Atlanta and I could’ve sworn I felt a flimsy tremor that shook my house,” different posted conscionable aft 9 a.m.