A small earthquake shook parts of northwest Georgia near the Tennessee line early Saturday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The 2.8-magnitude quake struck at 1:47 a.m., the USGS said. It was felt strongest north of Dalton, in Whitfield County near the towns of Cohutta and Varnell, which were closest to the epicenter. It was also felt across the state line in Apison and Collegedale, Tenn., east of Chattanooga.
“I felt my whole house shake from southside to north and the china in my cabinet rumbled,” Livi Roberts posted on WRCB-TV’s Facebook page. Tammy Blassingame Farmer of Cohutta described a “bomb-like noise.” No major damage or injuries were reported.
According to the USGS, the eastern Tennessee seismic zone, which extends across Tennessee and northwestern Georgia into northeastern Alabama, is one of the most active earthquake areas in the Southeast.
Saturday's quake was not as powerful as a 4.3 quake that struck eastern Kentucky last November and was felt in many parts of metro Atlanta.
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