Earthquake noticeable? (Maryville, Farragut: house, live in, activity)

[Johnhw2]

Read there was a 4.4 earthquake last night around 4am north of Chat. Did anyone feel anything?

[crltn19]

The earthquake was widely felt throughout east TN, northern GA, parts of middle TN, western NC and SC, and northern AL. I live in Farragut and the shaking jolted me wide awake in my bed at 4:15 EST (I am a light sleeper in general) and I could tell right away that it was an earthquake. We are in an active seismic zone but earthquakes of this magnitude are rare - the previous one being a 4.7 earthquake centered near Maryville back in '73.

[Johnhw2]

Thanks I was not aware of an active zone. This level of activity and magnitude would not scare me away

[Normashirley]

DH works with someone who lives in the vicinity of Exit 97 (I-24) Beechgrove Exit in Bedford County. Their dogs woke them up when the grumbling started, allowing them to feel a few seconds worth.

We are about 25 miles south of them. I was wide awake at 4:00 AM to let one dog out on his regular wake-me-up schedule and didn't feel a thing

I went thru two 4-point-something quakes when I lived in SoCal. One was a roller, one was a shaker. The shaker damaged the water lines at their joints, going to the barn, but that was the worst of it.

[An Einnseanair]

My wife's 75_lb dog usually jumps on and off the bed a few times a night, sometimes pausing to scratch herself. Plus my wife usually gets up at least once a night.

I've learned to sleep through a shaking bed or risk losing my sanity and/or job. A 6.0 could be centered under my house and I probably wouldn't notice it.