Debby, I'm in Western North Carolina, in the mountains. The earthquake was in Greenback, TN. People are reporting they felt it even in Atlanta, GA. My brother felt it down in SC.
My brother and family are in TN too. They are all okay. My brother is visiting his son in SC right now, and they felt it there too.
Thanks so much, Tracy. It was scary. Lasted about a minute, some people nearby said two minutes, and it could have been. Literally shook my dishes in the kitchen, and a china cupboard, and my desk and chair here where I'm sitting, moving them a bit. I heard something too, like a rumble, or like a huge motorcycle coming through the wall. Some are reporting it was fifteen feet down and didn't do damage at the center. Ironically, we lived in OR for a couple of years, and never had the first rumble out there.
Yes, it was so scary. There are two seismic zones in TN. I read this morning the largest eaerthquake in East Tennessee was a 4.7-magnitude in 1973. The one this morning was 4.1. I've felt small rumbles before, but nothing like this morning.
Thanks so much, Marianne. They are saying there could be a large aftershock in the next week or so. I certainly hope not!!
Oh man thats right on the surface. Those feel so much worse. Its crazy when you can hear it coming. Like a train roaring through. I worry more when I hear it first.
I'm two hours away from it. I can only imagine what it must have been like for those who live right over it. Or, maybe it's worse as it spreads. I don't really know much about earthquakes but I'm thinking I might better learn.
Thanks so much, Trudy. I had only felt a tiny shaking by one many years ago, but this one really scared the heck out of me. I didn't know if I should run or what.Yup those darn quakes are pretty nerve wracking thats for sure!! We have them quite frequently and they always scare the pants off of me!! Glad to hear that you are all alright!!
Yes, Trudy, exactly. My apartment is a three-story walk-up, so I can't just run outside. Later I was thinking it might be better to stay on top, rather than go down the stairs, where I'd be underneath. I don't know how people live where this goes on all the time. It is soooo nerve wracking!
DONT get under anything!!!!! It will squish you if it squishes. Get between. Between a couch and coffee table. Between bed and table. The space will save your life if the roof falls down. The furniture will catch beams and they wont make it to the floor. Think void spaces. What can stop a beam falling all the way down. Put chairs all around in a circle (small) and curl up in the space. NEVER run outside. Nothing to save you there. Do not stand in door way, that's old info and doesn't really work. It holds a "header" that is heavy and will hit your head. If ours our strong enough to wake us up, we have told the kids roll out of bed and lay next to it but as far from window as you can.
Thanks for this info, Tracy. This makes so much sense. I'm going to make notes of this advice and read it from time to time; just in case. ♥
Thanks so much, Evelyn. I'm pretty sure I saw some people around Nashville reporting that they felt it. I'm glad you slept through it!
Tracy, the first report I saw this morning from people on Facebook said 15 feet down, but what I'm seeing now says 15 miles down. So, I think the first ones were wrong; it was much deeper than first reported. I can't even imagine what it would have felt like if it had been more shallow!
Thanks so much, Ana. I had no idea. I can't imagine living where that sort of thing is frequent. All day I've jumped at every little noise, thinking it's happening again. I don't have a cat, but I'm sure if I did, its scratching would make me think the same.Glad to see you are ok Betty, that must have been scary
SO happy you guys are all okay 
Yes, Jenn, it was scary. I'm glad it didn't reach your area. One man lives near a railroad track, and he thought a train had come off the tracks and hit his house, due to the shaking of his house and the sound. I thought I was imagining the sound, being two hours away, but many people in my area described the sound exactly as I heard it. So weird!WOWZA!!! How SCARY!! I live about 200 miles from Greenback and as far as I know we didn't feel it here in North Alabama, but I WAS still sleeping at 9am so I could have missed it, but I think the rest of my family would have told me if they felt anything
I am really surprised that we didn't feel it at all, we are about 2 hours from there, as well! We DO have a railroad track just one street over from us and trains run every 45 minutes, at least, and we already feel vibration in our old 1911 house because of it...I am going to Google to see if the news here talked about it at all!
That's still pretty shallow. Just thankful youre okay.Tracy, the first report I saw this morning from people on Facebook said 15 feet down, but what I'm seeing now says 15 miles down. So, I think the first ones were wrong; it was much deeper than first reported. I can't even imagine what it would have felt like if it had been more shallow!
