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 enough ...

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.

He said that he’s not surprised it happened because that part of the state is an active seismic zone called the East Tennessee Seismic Zone. “Earthquakes there are happening there all the time ...

A light, 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck in Tennessee on Saturday ... prompt U.S.G.S. scientists to update the shake-severity map. Source: United States Geological Survey | Notes: Shaking ...

East Tennessee Seismic Zone subject to quakes An earthquake occurs when two blocks of the earth suddenly slip past one another. The surface where they slip is called the fault or the fault plane.

Middle Tennessee sits between two major zones for earthquakes, including the East Tennessee Seismic Zone and the New Madrid Seismic Zone. The East Tennessee Seismic Zone stretches from ...

The eastern Tennessee seismic zone extends across Tennessee and northwestern Georgia into northeastern Alabama. It is one of the most active earthquake areas in the Southeast. Although the zone is ...

EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA AND NORTHERN GEORGIA ARE IN THE EAST TENNESSEE SEISMIC ZONE, WHILE CENTRAL KENTUCKY ISN’T NECESSARILY IN A SEISMIC ZONE. AS FOR WHAT THIS MEANS, GOING FORWARD, ZAHRA SAYS ...

The East Tennessee Seismic Zone is an active one, even if it isn't known to produce quakes strong enough to be catastrophic. The most recent one centered near Greenback fits that pattern ...