The frequency of these aftershocks decreases with time," the U.S. Geological Survey explains. This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Tennessee earthquake: Will there be an ...

An earthquake of 4.1 magnitude has been reported in Tennessee and was felt in Atlanta, Georgia, and western North Carolina.

The quake hit around 9 a.m. local time, about 13 miles from Greenback, Tennessee, which is about 30 miles south of Knoxville, ...

At 4.1 magnitude near Greenback, the May 10 quake was large for our area. Experts look back on the last earthquakes to predict the future.

It is possible the Southeast will feel an earthquake aftershock in the coming ... a fault that slipped at the time of the mainshock. The frequency of these aftershocks decreases with 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 ...