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

including in North and South Carolina and Georgia. “First ever earthquake you could actually feel in Atlanta,” one X user posted. “Whole place shook for nearly 10 seconds. Absolutely nuts.”

The 4.1-magnitude earthquake was reported near Greenback, Tennessee, but maps from the USGS show residents reported feeling the quake well into the Peach State. There were reports of minor effects in the Forsyth area. The earthquake was reported just after 8 a.m.

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake that originated near Knoxville the morning of May 10 could be felt as far away as the Carolinas and Atlanta, Georgia. To understand the scale of that quake, the universal magnitude scale shows earthquakes as minor as 2.5 can be ...

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

Did you feel that? A 4.1-magnitude earthquake in Tennessee was felt all the way out in north Georgia and metro Atlanta. FOX 5 Atlanta obtained rights to this video showing just how shaky things got.

While the minor seismic activity, quickly dubbed the "Metallica Quake" online, posed no danger, it was too minor to register on the Richter scale or be assigned a rating, the FOX Forecast Center said.