Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake in Tennessee Felt in Atlanta Metro, Southeast
At a Glance The quake Wednesday was centered between Chattanooga and Knoxville.The tremor was felt in the Atlanta metro area, as well as parts of the Tennessee Valley. An early-morning earthquake in East Tennesseewas widely felt across the Southeast on Wednesday. The magnitude 4.4 quake struck around 4:14 a.m. EST, centered about 7 miles north-northeast of Decatur, Tennessee, in Meigs County, about 55 miles west-southwest of Knoxville. It was followed about 12 minutes later by a magnitude 3.3 aftershock. According...