Minor earthquakes are common in the region due to the East Tennessee Seismic Zone, which extends across Tennessee, northwestern Georgia and into northeastern Alabama.

Another 2.6-magnitude earthquake rattled Tennessee on July 9 around 8:52 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Minor earthquakes are common in the region due to the East Tennessee Seismic Zone, which extends across Tennessee, northwestern Georgia and into northeastern Alabama.

Blake said the East Tennessee Seismic Zone and the New Madrid Seismic Zone in West Tennessee could produce a destructive earthquake at any time.

The East Tennessee earthquake on May 10 was one of the strongest to hit the region since 1900. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is an active one, even if it isn't known to produce quakes strong ...