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Witness location : Derwood (USA) (3 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Heard a loud low rumbling sound similar to thunder but different. Also felt slight shaking and ground vibrations as if a large heavy truck was driving by

Witness location : Gaithersburg (USA) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

House shook slightly and had a feeling it was an earthquake.

Witness location : Rockville (USA) (7 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

didn't feel anything. I head a deep rumbling sound.

Witness location : Gaithersburg (USA) (7 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

It was a fast shaking, with a loud rumbling sound.

Witness location : Gaithersburg (USA) (7 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Felt barely a shake for 2 seconds and a rumble sound

Witness location : Washington Grove (USA) (7 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Don’t have photos of the earthquake shaking our stuff. I was laying in bed in the dark. But people in the ring neighborhood of Gaithersburg are commenting on how they felt it. Screenshots provided.

Witness location : Aspen Hill (USA) (9 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Felt a slight shake but heard a loud rumble

Witness location : Rockville (USA) (9 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 581 min

Just felt it

Witness location : Germantown (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Weird rumbling noise outside

Witness location : Kensington (USA) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 46 min

Heard the rumble, felt the vibration, no damage

Witness location : Town of Kensington (USA) (12 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Heard the rumble and felt it in my energy (don’t know how to explain it - I feel earthquakes in my body/circulatory system), but nothing in the house actually shook - I have a glass of water in front of me and there were no waves in it.

Witness location : Olney (USA) (13 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 40 min

Heard a loud rumble move from the front of the house to the back, and then whole house shook for a few seconds. Was upstairs in bed and it shook my bed!

Witness location : Laytonsville (USA) (14 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Rumbling sound similar to plane. Small shaking of house felt and heard.

Witness location : Olney (USA) (15 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

My son and I were awake, on the first floor of our house. We heard a rumbling and felt a slight shaking

Witness location : Olney (USA) (15 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

China cabinet was shaking awfully.

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (16 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 662 min

laying in bed - the whole house shook violently

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (16 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 707 min

I felt a slight shake but I heard it more than I felt it.. thought it might be an earthquake

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (16 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

was watching a movie and thought the sound got intense. would not have known unless i hadn’t watched the movie already

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (16 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

I was sleeping and shaking woke me up. I thought I was dreaming because the shaking stopped

Witness location : Cloverly (USA) (17 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Heard rumble approaching, akin to thunder in the distance, then small movement of structure and nearby exterior door.

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (17 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

A few seconds of low sounds and rumbling

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (18 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Heard rumbling and felt a bit of vibration.

Witness location : Chevy Chase (USA) (18 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Low rumble like a jet plane approaching at a low altitude. Lasted maybe 7 seconds.

Witness location : Damascus (USA) (19 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 92 min

Felt in Damascus, MD. Woken from sleep by quake. Thought I was having an earthquake dream to find out it was reality!

Witness location : Takoma Park (USA) (20 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Yep. It was felt on Flower Avenue

Witness location : Silver Spring (USA) (20 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Just rumbling and shaking

Witness location : Burtonsville (USA) (21 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Maryland

Witness location : Highland (USA) (23 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

about 7 seconds of rumbling, house creaked, Clarksville, MD

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (29 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Live in Columbia, MD; heard the stove rattle very slightly for under 5 seconds, meaning it was barely noticeable

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (30 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 158 min

Small shaking.

Witness location : Alexandria (USA) (30 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 208 min

Minor shaking

Witness location : Capitol Heights (USA) (33 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

Crazy times!!

Witness location : Ellicott City (USA) (37 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Heard a fairly loud low rumble...sounded like long thunder.Figured it was an earthquake. Went to Twitter and saw it...I'm in Ellicott City, MD