On Saturday morning, across North Georgia and metro Atlanta, the environment took an unexpected turn for many residents as an earthquake's subtle yet

Southerners were shocked over the weekend when a magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck Tennessee. Those shockwaves could be felt as far south as Atlanta, and – although not perceptible to humans – here in Columbus,

Smaller aftershocks can occur in the days and weeks after an earthquake like the one that shook East Tennessee on May 11.

A mild 4.1 magnitude earthquake about 30 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, was felt across the southeastern region of the United States Saturday morning from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia;