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.

An earthquake near Greenback, Tennessee, shook East Tennessee early Saturday morning. It was the largest quake in the region since 2018.

The numbers shift over time. There were 301 Tennessee earthquakes in 2018 but just 11 in 1994. The ground shakes when there is a sudden slip on a fault. The sudden slip releases energy in waves ...