At 4.1 magnitude near Greenback, the May 10 quake was large for our area. Experts look back on the last earthquakes to predict the future.

After a 4.1 magnitude earthquake rattled eastern Tennessee Saturday morning, some might be wondering how often seismic events like these happen in the region.Th

ATLANTA (AP) — An earthquake of 4.1 preliminary magnitude was reported Saturday morning in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina, according to the U.S. Geological Survey and local news reports.

Smaller aftershocks can occur in the days and weeks after an earthquake like the one that shook East Tennessee on May 11.

A 4.1 earthquake in Tennessee was felt in South Carolina and other states Saturday morning, surprising thousands across the Southeast.

According to Brian Blake, the executive director of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium, the earthquake that impacted East Tennessee on Saturday morning was the largest in that area in more than 30 years.

Southerners were shocked over the weekend when a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck Tennessee. Those shockwaves could be felt as far south as Atlanta, and – although not

Early Sunday morning, a 2.8-magnitude earthquake was recorded in central Kentucky. On Saturday, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake originating in Tennessee was also felt in eastern Kentucky.