The residents of Tennessee and Georgia were shaken on Saturday morning by an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1, according to the US Geological Survey.
The earthquake had its epicenter just outside Greenback, tenn., A city of around 1,000 inhabitants, but was felt as far as Atlanta.
Shortly after the earthquake, the people of the region recorded relations with the US Geological Survey on the place where they felt it. The tremors have come as far as Nashville and Charlotte, NC
There were only a few cases of light lesions reported around the epicenter, and no moderate or heavy damage report, depending on those who have declared themselves to the geological investigation.
The region, known as the eastern seismic zone of Tennessee, extends through Tennessee in northwestern Georgia and northeast of Alabama. Minor earthquakes occur each year, but the area is not known to have major tremors.
While seismologists examine the available data, they can revise the reported magnitude of the earthquake on Saturday.
The last time that a strong earthquake was felt in the region, it was 2018, when a magnitude of 4.4 rocked but caused little damage.
The earthquake was still new enough to generate replicas on social networks.
People from Asheville, NC, in Gatlinburg, tenn., Outside Knoxville, said they felt the earth shaking while enjoying their morning coffee.
A user had fun the lack of impact of the earthquake, sharing an image of patio furniture with a single overturned chair, subtitled: “I survived the Knoxville earthquake in 2025. We will rebuild.”
Another shared a photo of their cat housing in a cardboard box with legend: “did not manage the earthquake in eastern 2025 Tennessee at all.”
On Facebook, relatives of the sever county epicenter described the earthquake as a sound resembling an explosion or a roar of thunder. One person said they thought it was “a racing car” while another said that they thought it was “a survaining helicopter”.
Jonathan Wolfe Contributed reports.
