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.

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake near the Tennessee-North Carolina border on Saturday was felt as far east as Charlotte, government seismologists confirmed. The quake struck at 9:04 a.m. and was centered about 12 miles southeast of Greenback, Tennessee, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. That’s near North Carolina’s Nantahala National Forest.

A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook homes in Tennessee and North Carolina on Saturday morning. The earthquake occurred around 9 a.m. near the Tennessee-North Carolina border.READ | FORECAST: Threat of isolated storms for Mother’s Day weekendThe earthquake could be felt north of Atlanta,