A magnitude 1.6 earthquake rattled homes near the Hopewell community in Bradley County, Tennessee, Saturday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The temblor struck just after 4 a.m. Saturday about 11 miles beneath the earth’s surface, the USGS said in a news release. The epicenter was initially placed about 5.6 miles northwest of Cleveland in a wooded area off of Rabbit Valley Road, between Bigsby Creek Road and Old Freewill Road.