[azoyizes]

Early this morning, a little after 4 am, we heard a loud boom and the house shook. After looking around inside and out we didn't see anything, and so went back to sleep.

This morning, DH found out that it was an earthquake! A little one, but still we can hardly believe that that is what we heard and felt.

http://www.roanoke.com/news/breaking/wb/205002

[SallyC]

"You felt the earth move under your feet"

SWOhio hasn't had an earthquake in awhile?

[azoyizes]

Sally, I don't know if Salem, Virginia has ever had an earthquake before.

I feel the earth move under my feet.
I feel the sky start tumblin' (?)

I used to know the words to that song.

[Erin524]

Originally Posted by azoyizes

Sally, I don't know if Salem, Virginia has ever had an earthquake before.

I feel the earth move under my feet.
I feel the sky start tumblin' (?)

I used to know the words to that song.

Link to this morning's event http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/...ehnw0516a.html

A link to a Wikipedia page of previous earthquakes in Virginia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_seismic_zone

[Kitty]

We had an earthquake here in GA a few years back. It was around the same time, too.....very early A.M.. It was the talk of all the radio shows and local news because so many people heard and felt it. It woke me up and it was very unsettling until we found out exactly what it was. One man called into a radio station and said "that's the most action my bed has had for years!".

[DM]

Probably a good thing you didn't know what it was at the time, maryann. You certainly wouldn't have been able to go back to sleep then. Glad it didn't do any damage.

[Curious]

We had a 3.3 here in North Texas at around 11:30am.

We don't get earthquakes...really weird.

[oldsteve]

I've only been through two minor quakes. The first in Albuquerque, NM when I was in high school. Late at night while watching the late-nite 'creature feature' on TV. The fireplace equipment started to rattle for no apparent reason. Along with the scary movie, it was rather unnerving.

Second was in San Diego, CA. I was at a bar playing pinball and the ball seemed to take on a mind of its own. Wouldn't go where the flippers flipped it. And I had only had two beers!

[Niko]

Hiya Maryann,

Earthquakes can happen nearly anywhere... the big ones are near or on the fault lines ... the little ones are sometimes echos of deeper ones nearer a fault line ...

As for Virginia... years ago when I lived in Hampton Roads, Newport News to be exact, there was a very minor shake. Most people didn't know it and found out on the local news that night

Niko

[braingonebad]

We had a little one years ago. I felt something, but didn't realize that's what it was until I heard it on the news. Like everyone else, I thought it was just blasting at the quarry.

Personally, in that area, you ought worry more about the blasting.