UPDATE. POSTED 11:00 A.M. SUNDAY:
A map that outlines areas where the general public has reported feeling Saturday morning’s Tennessee earthquake has been released by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). It covers an area from southern Ohio, to West Virgina, much of Tennessee, all of north Georgia and other parts of the state, parts of the Carolinas, and parts of Alabama.
The 4.1 tremor struck about 9:00 Saturday morning and was centered just south of Knoxville, Tenn.
UPDATE. POSTED 4:30 P.M. SATURDAY:
Following Saturday morning’s 4.1 earthquake in Tennessee, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says there’s a five percent chance of another of equal strength in the Southeast within a week. Meanwhile, the agency says it received 23,000 reports of Saturday’s quake within the first hour of it happening.
Click here for the latest: A Tennessee earthquake rattles homes as far away as Atlanta with 4.1 magnitude – SRN News
UPDATE POSTED 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY:
Social media is being covered up with people all over north Georgia and some adjacent states reporting that they felt Saturday morning’s earthquake. One Gainesville-based Facebook group already had 586 comments related to the quake by 10:30, an hour-and-a-half after it struck.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) says it was centered in Greenback, Tenn., just south of Knoxville at 9:04 EDT. It occurred 15.4 miles below Earth’s surface.
Thus far, there have been no reports of any damage in the Gainesville area.
Here’s a sampling of what some Gainesville area residents have posted on Facebook:
“Wow! We just had an earthquake in Gainesville, Ga. House shook for several seconds!
Yep. Whole lotta shakin’ going on!
WAS THAT AN EARTHQUAKE?? THE HOUSE SHOOK FOR SEVERAL SECONDS!!
I felt it in Gillsville for several seconds
I thought our house was falling apart!
Our house shook, too
Everything was rattling
Felt it all the way up to Alto
Felt it in Braselton
It knocked stuff off my end table
Felt it too in Winder”
EARLIER STORY. POSTED 10:00 A.M. SATURDAY:
An earthquake Saturday morning centered just south of Knoxville, Tenn., rattled parts of Georgia, including the Gainesville area.
It measured 4.1 on the Richter Scale, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and was centered in Greenback, Tenn.
Reports are coming in via social media from people all over north Georgia who felt it, some of whom are reporting that dishes rattled in their homes.
(This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.)