The earthquake struck at 8:07 a.m.ET about a mile south-southeast of Sparta, North Carolina, according to the U.S.

Sparta is in Alleghany County on the North Carolina-Virginia border about 90 miles north of Charlotte, North Carolina.

The strongest of those was a 2.6 magnitude tremor that struck about 2 miles south of Sparta at 1:57 a.m.

The USGS reported that the quake was felt as far south as Augusta, Georgia, and as far north as Staunton, Virginia.

Twitter users from across North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee reported feeling the tremor.

Sunday's 5.1 magnitude quake was the strongest in North Carolina since the early 1900s.

In February 1916, a 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck south of Asheville in Skyland, North Carolina.

Another 5.2 magnitude quake struck in Mitchell County, about 30 miles northeast of Asheville, in July 1926, according to the state's Department of Environmental Quality.

The last earthquake to cause damage in North Carolina struck in Henderson County in May 1981, according to DEQ.