A Tennessee earthquake rattles homes as far away as Atlanta
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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.
Smaller aftershocks can occur in the days and weeks after an earthquake like the one that shook East Tennessee on May 11.
The quake hit around 9 a.m. local time, about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake struck south of Greenback, about 30 miles south of Knoxville, just after 9 a.m., according to data from the United States Geological Service.
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.
The earthquake just miles from the North Carolina border awakened families and rattled homes as far away as Charlotte as it spread tremors across portions of the southern U.S. on Saturday morning.