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, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The earthquake was about 15 miles deep, the USGS says, which is considered a shallow quake.  It was the seventh earthquake with a 4.0 magnitude or greater since 1900 and the first since a 4.