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Witness location : Edgefield (USA) (12 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

I live in Edgefield. I was on the second floor of my home and the entire house started to shake. I heard a loud rumbling and I was actually lying on the floor and it felt like the entire floor was going to shake until it crumbled.

Witness location : Evans (USA) (25 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Never in my life have I felt an earthquake.....that was scary!

Witness location : Evans (USA) (27 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 62 min

Approx 10:35pm

Witness location : Evans (USA) (27 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Scared.

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 52 min

Shook the house very hard. Just went through an ice storm with trees and limbs falling but this was 10 times worse.

Witness location : Lincolnton (USA) (28 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

It felt like a train was coming in my front door

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (28 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Floor vibrated and rumbled for about 10-15 seconds

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (29 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 73 min

Shook the entire neighborhood's homes for several seconds. 10-15 at least.

Witness location : Appling (USA) (30 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 105 min

Very different from California quakes! It was like a long loud rumbling wave under the house!

Witness location : Evans (USA) (31 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

It sounded like a tornado

Witness location : Evans (USA) (31 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Scared out of minds. No power and no heat for 4 days because if the ice storm and now an earthquake.

Witness location : Evans (USA) (31 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 72 min

Because of the ice storm and we can't get news except for smart phone, it was very frightening. All the family came together in the house. I'm 55 and never felt an earthquake. Rumbling, roaring, vibrating like a train coming in the house. Now sitting here wondering about aftershocks. No idea what to do!

Witness location : Evans (USA) (31 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Never felt an earthquake this strong in Ga! I could actually hear glasses rattling! Very short, but strong

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (31 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 142 min

I thought they were doing a late night blast at.the granite quarry.

Witness location : Evans (USA) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 143 min

I was at work in Evans sitting at my desk felt the rumblings under my feet and the building with a gentle but noticeably force!!!!!

Witness location : Evans (USA) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 188 min

Strong shaking of my whole house from the floor to the roof! Loud rumbling!

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Felt like a train was passing next door, but without the sound. No damage seen.

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 77 min

Heard a loud rumbling that shook the ground and all of our furniture in the house.  Lasted approximately a total of 10 to 15 seconds.  Scared us all to death!!!

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (32 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 756 min

A strong shudder of the whole house, very alarming

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 589 min

Scariest experience ever! The rumble was VERY loud, and came right before the earth shook!!

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1723 min

Heard a rumbling sound, then the house shook, I said what was that? Someone else said, wad that an earthquake, it felt like the foundation moved?

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Lasted about 10 seconds.

Witness location : Evans (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Sounded like thunder rumbling- woke me up from sleeping.  Felt the house shake for several seconds.

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Everyone ran outside to see what happened lasted maybe 20 seconds

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

It started as a noise and then the shaking started. It wasn't violent it was just very dramatic. Dramatic because it's not a common event in this area.

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Wow......just wow.  At least the apartment building didn't fall down.

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 57 min

I was sleeping (upstairs) in bed and it woke me up from a deep sleep. I thought I dreamt it until I heard neighbors ask: "Did you feel that?" Scary feeling.

Witness location : Grovetown (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

The entire house rumbled loudly for about fifteen to twenty seconds. Some neighbors were woken up and came out of the house to see what was going on.

Witness location : Saluda (USA) (35 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Sounded like thunder and shook the house for 5 to 10 seconds.

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

No rolling tank

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

No rolling tank

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 59 min

Sounded and felt like a train coming at us.

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2006 min

Sounded like a plane coming down on house. After a few seconds  house began to shake rigorously. RAN outside to find neighbors out wondering what had happened. Fsmily members in two states called to see ifwe felt it!

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (35 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 126 min

I have a two year old & a 5 month old and they both seem fine but I was wondering what this experience could do to them & if so, what should.I look out for?

Witness location : North Augusta (USA) (36 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 71 min

It was long ranged

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (36 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Sounded like a large jet passing very close to my house.

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (37 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

Felt like a train was passing by my front door.  It shook my 123 year old home for about 15 to 20 secs!!!

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (37 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

It was a loud rumbling sound. I was standing in front of a mirror & it shook on the wall. Things seemed to be rattling in the house & water was shaking in the glass next to me. It was intense & lasted about 15-20 secs, with maybe 5-10 more secs of what seemed like vibrations in the house.

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (37 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

I was laying in bed and my whole bed started moving back and forth

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (38 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 102 min

It sounded like a plane was flying way too low, right in front of our house. The noise and shaking seemed to continue for about 10-15 seconds.

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (38 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

It shook my entire house

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (38 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Scary.  Didn't know what was going on.

Witness location : Appling (USA) (38 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 683 min

Just got power back from ice storm out for 3 days
Thought a big tree had fallen really close. Shook house and made me move back and forth. Dogs going crazy. Crazy Valentines day!

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (38 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Very loud noise, windows, floor, doors, shook.
Knew immediately it was an earthquake even
Never experiencing one before,

Witness location : Lincolnton (USA) (39 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 73 min

Shook house for 15-20 seconds rattled dishes a bit

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (39 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 87 min

Was laying in bed - heard loud noise and though a train was derailing until the whole house started shaking.

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (41 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

It rumbled hard

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (41 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

It shook my whole house

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (41 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Lasted six to seven seconds... or a bit longer. The sound associated with this quake was somewhat interesting. Like a building crescendo almost. A little unnerving considering the ice storm we've just endured.

Witness location : Grovetown (USA) (42 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 560 min

I thought it was a plane flying too close to the house at first.

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (42 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1061 min

It was a good shake for almost a min, it rattled windows and I defintely felt shaking and heard rumbling

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (42 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Kind of eerie when there's no power

Witness location : Grovetown (USA) (42 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1147 min

At first I thought it was a tornado, it was very loud. My entire neighborhood went outside because we had no idea what it was. It could have been a giant explosion! Very scary.

Witness location : Grovetown (USA) (43 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 741 min

Closed doors in the house were shaking violently, windows were rattling, felt the bed shaking.

Witness location : Greenwood (USA) (44 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

We heard a loud noise like a train. We have a 2 story brick home and it shook like crazy we thought our house was about to fall. It woke our kids up. It started shaking and rumble through the house like the house was moving for what seemed like forever.

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (44 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Sounded like a train very close to the house and felt like a very loud sound system...shook the apartment.

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (45 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

Without power and our candles shook and we were all thinking "where is that coming from." Very scared and nervous!

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (48 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Mild shakes for about 15 seconds.

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (48 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

We thought it was A tornado or an Airplane about to land in the house we heard it coming like A huge wind then everything shook really hard!

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (48 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Unnerving. Was thinking at first it was a tornado but, then obviously not.

Witness location : Harlem (USA) (50 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

very strong here !!

Witness location : Harlem (USA) (50 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 110 min

extremely deep rumbling that lasted approximately45sseconds ,wow!!

Witness location : Montmorenci (USA) (50 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 671 min

It sounded like a train coming toward the house from the direction of edgefield sc. The house was trembling, I went to the door the see if it was a tornado or something, I didn't see anything. It lasted about 20-30 seconds.

Witness location : Hodges (USA) (52 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Scared the crap out of my girlfriend....

Witness location : Augusta (USA) (52 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 840 min

House shook cabinet items rattled

Witness location : Hephzibah (USA) (55 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 673 min

Felt the shaking and everything rattling in the house

Witness location : Hephzibah (USA) (55 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

I stay down the street from Fort Gordon so I first thought it was them practicing, but I realized that it was way to loud, the vibrations were way to strong and lasted much to long.

Witness location : Aiken (USA) (55 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

It was very loud noise, similar to washing machine tumbling with very heavy load out of whack.

Witness location : Thomson (USA) (56 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 188 min

The house trembled and this rumbling noise went across it.  We had generator hooked up cause we are without power.  I thought something was going wrong w/ it and we were going to blow up!

Witness location : Jackson (USA) (59 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 687 min

Was in the bed and it shook for about twenty seconds sounding like a tornado feeling like a train

Witness location : Blythe (USA) (59 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 42 min

The whole house just started shaking

Witness location : Jackson (USA) (59 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Felt double wide trailer shaking almost like a huge piece of equipment was being moved outside look out but did not see anything

Witness location : Ware Shoals (USA) (66 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 60 min

Similar to when a large pine fell right next to house except longer tremor. Heard windows rattle.Nothing fell off wall but wife said her chair trembled.

Witness location : Wagener (USA) (67 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

We Thought It Was A BigTruck Rumbling Down The Road. ITFFELT LIKE RIDING OVER A BUMPY ROAD IN A KEEP. RATTLED THE WINDOWS.

Witness location : Wagener (USA) (67 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Don't think I felt it but heard the house rumble a little and my dogs were going crazy barking.

Witness location : Chapin (USA) (70 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

The third floor of my house shook and everything in the bedroom rattled for about 10 seconds.

Witness location : Chapin (USA) (72 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 99 min

Blk lab was reacting about 15-20 seconds before we felt it and heard the long rumbling sound.

Witness location : Laurens (USA) (77 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

I heard a low rumble, and thought the cat was crawling up my sofa. I don't have a cat!!!

Witness location : Red Bank (USA) (77 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Very low loud bassy rumble heard and felt, shook windows. Lasted about 5 - 10 seconds.

Witness location : Red Bank (USA) (77 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

We were both together sitting on the couch watching Bounce TV, the Chinese Vampire hunters that flew around blowing smoke and flicking maggots around, turning people to dust [or couldn't see them if they was wet].  Anyways, the house started to rumble and shake mysteriously.  Was it a plane, helicopter, washing machine shaking-- or falling tree??  It was a little spooky and exciting for a few seconds.  We went outside to investigate, but all was still and quiet.......

Witness location : Laurens (USA) (78 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 97 min

It made my whole trailer shake like washing machine off level rattled windows sounded like tree fell lasted about 10 15 seconds

Witness location : Lexington (USA) (79 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

House was shaking! I thought it was a low flying helocopter with the vibration and the kitchen chandler shaking...SCARY!

Witness location : Lexington (USA) (79 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2929 min

It was scary

Witness location : Stapleton (USA) (80 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 57 min

I thought I left all those in california :(

Witness location : Waynesboro (USA) (80 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 645 min

No damage.  House rattled a little.

Witness location : Rayle (USA) (81 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 488 min

It sounded like a 18 wheeler truck coming towards the house and craking noise of ice on my driveway.

Witness location : Elberton (USA) (82 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

My cats freaked out. Shook the house lasted about 8-10 seconds

Witness location : Gaston (USA) (84 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

The whole house shook hard. Rattled and the rumbling was felt deep for about 20 seconds. I heard it coming about 45 seconds before I felt it.

Witness location : Gray Court (USA) (89 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

2-4 seconds

Witness location : Irmo (USA) (90 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

It sounded like a rumbling at first then loud booms, followed by the whole house jumping up and down. It lasted about 3 to 5 seconds. I was laying in bed and my wife on the couch, we both felt it and she yelled out for me.  I stood up on the floor and felt the last two up and down shakes of our house, then it stopped.

Witness location : Irmo (USA) (91 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 657 min

I heard it before I felt it

Witness location : Anderson (USA) (94 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Awesome. We were watching the Olympics and there was a low rumble and then the couch shook. The entire house then shook.  Nothing fell but it was pretty unnerving

Witness location : Anderson (USA) (94 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

I felt a slight rumble and honestly thought it was a jet passing by. Until a friend from Spartanburg,sc asked if I felt the earthquake that just happenes.

Witness location : Bowman (USA) (96 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 73 min

It shook our whole home for a good 10 seconds or so. It was very strange for this area.

Witness location : Woodruff (USA) (96 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Feel like about 10-20 seconds long wasn't sure what was going on felt like a gentle swaying of my house

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (97 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Rumble lasting 5 seconds. Shook sofa chair.

Witness location : Fountain Inn (USA) (98 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 860 min

My cat started getting anxious and weird right before it happened, he identified it while sitting on my lap and then I felt a boom and shake. Snow and earthquake same week?????

Witness location : Simpsonville (USA) (100 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

The beds were shaking and the whole room moved

Witness location : Hartwell (USA) (101 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

It just felt like a deep rumbling that lasted longer than a few seconds, and the floor shook some

Witness location : Hartwell (USA) (101 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Sitting in the living room, I heard a deep rumble; it seemed at the same time that something was moving across the front porch with some force and the windows rattled in the kitchen.

Witness location : Hartwell (USA) (101 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

I was laying in bed when I heard a gradual rumbling that got louder and louder until the whole house was shaking.  It was really unnerving and lasted about 10-12 seconds and then just stopped.  My daughter said it woke her up but wasn't sure what just happened.

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (103 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 589 min

We thought that a tree had fallen on the house.  I went outside and found three of our neighbors with flashlights looking for trees on their houses.  It was shaking enough to make us worry something bad just happened.

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (103 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Shook The WhOle House

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (104 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Sounded like a loud Diesel engine.

Witness location : Simpsonville (USA) (104 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

The house shook for less than a second.

Witness location : Simpsonville (USA) (104 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 456 min

I was laying in bed with my two pets which are cats and approximately 1 minute before the quake hit both cats jumped up dramatically like a dog was after them and ran under the bed. The house shook for approximately 6 seconds violently enough that my headboard of the bed shook against the wall

Witness location : Simpsonville (USA) (104 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Sounded like a train. Bottles shook on our bar. We were watching Olympics ... this quake definetely got our attention.

Witness location : Simpsonville (USA) (104 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

I was laying down and my bed started shaking for about two seconds.

Witness location : Piedmont (USA) (104 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 101 min

It was felt in our house and our house shook and vibrated as we were watching TV. We thought it was a problem with our heat pump cutting on but wondered why since the system is fairly new. Our cat was also alarmed. Haven't checked our foundation yet since it is dark outside. We did notice our snowman's head was shook off.

Witness location : Blair (USA) (105 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Shook recliner, sloshed water in the bathtub, loud rumbling from metal carport outside.

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (106 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

Heard a rumbling right before the shaking happened

Witness location : Colbert (USA) (107 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

It was 3-5 seconds.

Witness location : Royston (USA) (110 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Thought it was snow falling off of roof

Witness location : Blythewood (USA) (110 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

Very short. Rattled house here for about 8 sec.

Witness location : Athens (USA) (114 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 61 min

It scared me! Woke me up! :( Please tell us how we know if it is over!

Witness location : Townville (USA) (114 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Was in bed and felt vibration lasting about 6 seconds. Thought it was the wind and then realized it was an earthquake since our 100 year old house never shakes from the wind.

Witness location : Danielsville (USA) (114 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 116 min

felt like a big rumble. thought it was the washer till I realized it wasn't on.

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (114 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 510 min

My house is small, it felt that the washing machine was off balanced but upstairs and downstairs were shaking.   Kept thinking I'm going to have to buy a new one.  I checked it and looked out the window.  Then I got texts from friends all over the state that their house shook too.  I called my brother in another state and he thought it was his washing machine being off balanced too.

Witness location : Watkinsville (USA) (115 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Vase, lamp and closed door shaking!

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (115 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Felt like mild tremors lasting up to 7 seconds. Almost choked.

Witness location : Columbia (USA) (115 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Our entire bedroom was shaking.

Witness location : Elgin (USA) (117 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

There was a booming sound, and it felt like a tree fell on the house. We live on the northeast side of Columbia, SC.

Witness location : Union (USA) (117 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 95 min

Sounded like a helicopter landed on the roof.

Witness location : Greenville (USA) (117 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Only lasted about 10 seconds.  It was a weird but cool experience.

Witness location : Woodruff (USA) (117 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

The whole room was rattling. It was very apparent that

Witness location : (USA) (118 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Shaking started very lightly and then got stronger.  Shook my daughters solid oak bunkbeds.

Witness location : Roebuck (USA) (119 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Sounded an felt like a train was going by the house but we live nowhere near train tracks.

Witness location : Moore (USA) (119 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Short earthquake, house was briefly shaking , no damage

Witness location : Central (USA) (119 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

We were laying in bed and thought the house shifted because of termite damage or something similar.

Witness location : Greenville (USA) (120 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

5-8 seconds shook house

Witness location : Sandersville (USA) (121 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Wow such a strange feeling! Never felt an earthquake- scary.

Witness location : Danielsville (USA) (122 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 867 min

A couple of items. That were stacked on my dresser fell off and one picture is very tilted but still hanging on the wall.

Witness location : Seneca (USA) (122 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Bathroom medicine cabinet shook and and heard a boom. Not sure but something may have fallen outside. Too dark to tell.

Witness location : Easley (USA) (123 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 31 min

me and my son were laying down watching tv the house shook and rumbled for a few seconds. we went down stairs to find my wife and daughter wondering what just happened. i said right then that was just an eathquake. very weird feeling..

Witness location : Athens (USA) (123 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 589 min

There was a rumbling noise and the windows of my house were rattling... at first I thought someone with a loud bass system in their car was driving by, but when I stood up and felt the floor shaking as well, it freaked me out! Never felt an earthquake before.

Witness location : Athens (USA) (123 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Loud low rumbling for 15-20 seconds. House began to shake and sway.

Witness location : Athens (USA) (123 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

3-4 second roller, preceded by a jolt. Shook the entire house. No displaced objects.

Witness location : Easley (USA) (124 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

Shook for about 10 sec. maybe a little longer. Felt like we moved next door to an air port or a washing machine off balance.

Witness location : Easley (USA) (124 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

Shook for about 10 sec. maybe a little longer. Felt like we moved next door to an air port or a washing machine off balance.

Witness location : Elgin (USA) (124 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

House shook for about 5 seconds

Witness location : Taylors (USA) (125 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

We were sitting on the couch watching the Olympics and suddenly we felt the room shake like sitting next to someone with a nervous leg twitch.

Witness location : Taylors (USA) (125 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 83 min

My husband and I felt the couch move.At first we thought the cat had jumped off the couch,but the cat was sleeping in the corner.It was our first earthquake!

Witness location : Bishop (USA) (126 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 665 min

There was no damage just windows and floors shaking.

Witness location : Spartanburg (USA) (127 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I was startled to realize that our library table and everything on it started shaking. I grew up along the Wasatch Mts. in Salt Lake City, and realized I had just felt a small earthquake. I only remember one other experience like this since moving to SC, and that was several years ago. Honestly, if I had not had previous experience with a small 'quake, I would have passed it of as something else (or something I just imagined). Interesting.

Witness location : Elgin (USA) (127 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1165 min

Shook windows

Witness location : Bishop (USA) (128 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 104 min

Lasted about 5 seconds, built in intensity until it just stopped.  Shook the windows, sounded like kids running with very heavy boots upstairs, but the chandeliers didn't sway.  Strange.

Witness location : Spartanburg (USA) (128 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I thought someone was running up the hall.... Only to hear my roommate ask if our room was shaking .... Then to find out everyone was freaking out on Facebook

Witness location : Athens (USA) (128 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 812 min

I felt two waves a few seconds apart

Witness location : Athens (USA) (129 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 668 min

Just felt the shaking, heard glasses rattling in the cabinet next to me, thought I heard a little bit of rumbling.

Witness location : Bogart (USA) (132 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 99 min

Barely felt it while laying in bed on the second floor of our house.

Witness location : Lugoff (USA) (135 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 62 min

It scared me. I could see things shaking on the shelves and feel my body shaking on the sofa

Witness location : Milledgeville (USA) (135 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 646 min

It scare me to death.

Witness location : Milledgeville (USA) (135 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 468 min

Laying in bed I heard the rumble first followed by enough shaking to move the bed like someone was shaking it.

Witness location : Athens (USA) (136 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2086 min

It shook the entire house. Felt like a car ran into it.

Witness location : Arcade (USA) (142 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 64 min

It felt like there had been an explosion right down the road.

Witness location : Camden (USA) (143 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

the bathroom door swung open andwe felt th
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Witness location : Eatonton (USA) (143 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 777 min

Don't know if it's useful, but my dogs heard the earthquake before we felt it, and it also knocked something off the counter in the kitchen.

Witness location : Toccoa (USA) (144 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 594 min

Was sitting in my living room and felt the chair I was in rock side to side. Only lasted a few seconds.

Witness location : Homer (USA) (145 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

I was just about to go to sleep and the house started to shake then me and my whole family meet and the living room just questioning what was

Witness location : (USA) (150 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

It felt like a big plane going right over the house with a little shaking. I also heard what sounded like a big gust of wind before the shake

Witness location : Monroe (USA) (153 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 129 min

Sounded like a loud rumble. My husband looked at me and muted the TV and said did u just hear that!

Witness location : Winder (USA) (155 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 580 min

Was strong enough i could see the wall shake and feel it under foot. Live in slab built. Home and felt it hit hard enough to knock lamp and  .  Candles over

Witness location : Winder (USA) (155 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

Shook the house for about 5 seconds.

Witness location : Winder (USA) (155 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Just shook the house

Witness location : Jefferson (USA) (155 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Shaking of living area. 4 seconds. Nothing fell.

Witness location : Bethlehem (USA) (155 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

My dog was sensing something about 15 minutes prior to the earthquake.

Witness location : Sumter (USA) (155 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 44 min

I was sitting very still on the couch watching tv and felt the house gently shake. I knew it must have been a distant earthquake by the way it felt. I instantly googled to see if there was any to find out if an earthquake would be recorded that quickly.

Witness location : Mount Airy (USA) (156 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

Felt strong vibration/ rumbling where I was sitting and our refrigerator seemed to be vibrating too.

Witness location : Rock Hill (USA) (159 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

I live near an airport. I thought it was a plan at first. But the planes not normally shake my bed.

Witness location : Demorest (USA) (160 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

I was sitting in our LR and my husband was in the BR and we both felt the house shake and the chaise I was sitting in was moving as well as the bed my husband was laying in.  Scared us to death.

Witness location : Winder (USA) (160 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

I thought the Kids were running upstairs or the house was damaged by a tree limb

Witness location : Monticello (USA) (161 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Was strange experience like something hit the house

Witness location : (USA) (162 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 599 min

Woke me up from dozing on couch - couch and floor (2nd) shook

Witness location : (USA) (162 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Woke me up from dozing on couch - couch and floor (2nd) shook

Witness location : Gray (USA) (163 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 94 min

I thought it was several helicopters flying very low over my house. I didnt feel much shake just a very low rumble but i mostly heard noise. I was laying in bed playing a game on my phone when it occured.

Witness location : Gray (USA) (165 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

We thought the wind had made a tree fall after the ice storm this week. We were relaxing in our living room and the house moved or shook but only for a second or two. We went outside to see what had fallen but nothing. Just the earthquake. Little unsettling.

Witness location : Demorest (USA) (166 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

It scared me I was sitting on the couch and the whole couch shook. Never felt anything like that before at all. Is every thing going to be okay

Witness location : Loganville (USA) (166 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Was sitting on floor, it started shaking and fixtures in room trembled. Dogs laying on floor did not respond. Lasted maybe 5 - 10 seconds.

Witness location : Fort Mill (USA) (166 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 153 min

Couldn't have been more than a second long

Witness location : Fort Mill (USA) (167 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

I'm not sure if I felt it or not but I was sitting alone in my condo on the second floor when I felt the chair rumble and may have heard a low rumble as well. It scared me because I don't know what it was! I have felt an aftershock before when I lived in MI and KY and this felt much the same.

Witness location : Lancaster (USA) (169 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 83 min

Just felt Trimble

Witness location : (USA) (170 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Just laying upstairs in bed and felt the house sway. It made me feel uneasy.

Witness location : Fort Mill (USA) (170 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Sitting watching TV upstairs and felt like whole his rumbled    I thought it was an explosion but I did not hear anything then told my husband it felt like an earthquake.  then I automatically went to Internet to see if was EQ and found there was one in Georgia

Witness location : Loganville (USA) (170 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 145 min

I felt minor shaking and heard things rattling.

Witness location : Loganville (USA) (171 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 789 min

It felt like someone was moving heavy furniture or something

Witness location : Shelby (USA) (171 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 536 min

never felt anything like it, but didn't hear about the quake till this morning, was wondering if anyone else local felt it...thanks

Witness location : Gainesville (USA) (172 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Scared my cats to death.

Witness location : Gastonia (USA) (172 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

I felt rumbling for a few seconds. Sounded like a strong wind at first.

Witness location : Lawrenceville (USA) (173 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

A soft tremble for 5 seconds

Witness location : Clayton (USA) (173 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Whole house shook and pets went crazy.

Witness location : Gainesville (USA) (173 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

My dogs starting acting strangely about 15 minutes ahead of the shaking. Felt as though a large tree had fallen close to the house, but it just kept hitting ground. 15 secs, maybe?

Witness location : Dacula (USA) (174 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 89 min

There was some sound, but not very much... We live near a small airport, and thought maybe it was a low aircraft. But we could FEEL the shake, in addition to the sound...

Witness location : Waxhaw (USA) (174 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

The whole family felt the house shake for a good bit and our dogs went crazy and felt it too

Witness location : Clermont (USA) (175 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 660 min

Felt the bed shaking and walls rattling. I thought it was just me, so I stood up and walked around and it was over in a matter of seconds.

Witness location : Shelby (USA) (175 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 120 min

I sounded like a large truck was just outside and the shook a little bit. My mother and two sons paid it no attention at all.

Witness location : Fort Mill (USA) (176 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 38 min

Some mirrors and shower door shaking.   Kids felt the vibration while lying in bed.  No damage.   Just vibes for a few seconds.

Witness location : Gray (USA) (176 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Uneasy feeling,Trying to figure out what's going on before hearing the news.

Witness location : Covington (USA) (176 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

It shook our house and reports from friends over in McDonough, GA came in.

Witness location : Hendersonville (USA) (177 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 103 min

Our Condo swayed back and forth. It felt like a slow motion movie.

Witness location : Buford (USA) (180 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 130 min

I just let my dogs outside as I was standing in the doorway of the backdoor and I heard  a loud noise like thunder. I jumped and it scared me as my heart raced because it was odd to hear a noise like that.

Witness location : Cleveland (USA) (180 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 249 min

I heard a rumble too along with the shaking too.  I could feel the floor under my feet shake and my computer desk

Witness location : Weddington (USA) (180 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2939 min

I was lying on the floor and I jiggled where I was lying for several seconds. It was a back and forth motion. My mother sitting in her chair asked, "what was that?" I said, "I think it was an earth quake"...   Then I looked it up online and it was an earth quake.

Witness location : Lawrenceville (USA) (181 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Whole house shook

Witness location : Snellville (USA) (181 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 81 min

It seemed to last about 2-5 seconds.  Originally, we thought that a tree might have fallen near/on our house.

Witness location : Conyers (USA) (182 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 81 min

Just shook the entire house for 3-5 seconds. Everyone dropped what they were doing and met in the den. About 10:15-10:30 PM

Witness location : Snellville (USA) (182 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

An earthquake in Georgia that you could feel? Come on now, this ain't natural!

Witness location : Snellville (USA) (184 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 697 min

My wife and I were in bed and our fireplace started making shaking noises, since it never makes that noise we both noticed it and thought there was an earthquake.

Witness location : Lawndale (USA) (184 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Shook house and rattle  furniture.

Witness location : Macon (USA) (184 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 595 min

House mad a lot of creaking for about 10-15 seconds.

Witness location : Suwanee (USA) (184 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 62 min

It felt like my house shook for a free moments.   I thought my  washing machine was off balance or something.  I thought it was my vertigo.

Witness location : Macon (USA) (184 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

House shook. Felt like the washing machine was off balance but our washing machine is broken.  Looking at each other wondering what was happening.

Witness location : Buford (USA) (184 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

The whole bed shook

Witness location : Conyers (USA) (185 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 50 min

shook the whole house.

Witness location : Suwanee (USA) (186 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Computer desk shook and dresser handles shook enough to clank against the dresser. May have heard a noise similar to thunder in the distance, but cannot be sure it was related.

Witness location : Mills River (USA) (186 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Felt lower level doors (from main level) pressure that made sounds .... Felt a roll of the earth.
Was sitting up....

Witness location : Lawrenceville (USA) (187 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 775 min

Sitting in my 3rd floor apartment watching tv and the apt starts to sway sideways back and forth. My birds who were sleeping in their cage fell off their branches and their toy bells were ringing. Just when I thought it stopped after a few seconds it repeated itself. Total time about 5 seconds.

Witness location : Charlotte (USA) (187 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 70 min

Felt the house move, it was the 2nd quake I have been in so I knew what it was.. Pretty strong

Witness location : Charlotte (USA) (188 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

I thought it was a strong wind passing through that made the house creak but went on the front porch and there was no wind.

Witness location : Arden (USA) (188 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

The bed shook for 10-15 seconds and husband said he heard a rumble from the other room. It was enough that I immediately knew it was an earthquake.

Witness location : Tuckasegee (USA) (189 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

HEARD A BRIEF NOISE LIKE SOMEONE WAS ON THE PORCH

Witness location : Sugar Hill (USA) (190 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 596 min

The tremor was barely noticeable, and I was able to very confirmation of the event from the news. No damage to our property.

Witness location : Matthews (USA) (190 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Watching TV in bed. Felt bed shake and heard things on my dresser start to rattle. Knew it was an earthquake. No one felt it downstairs.

Witness location : Matthews (USA) (190 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 120 min

Sitting on the floor of my third story apartment when we felt a very clear shaking of the entire building. Everything on the walls started rattling. Lasted approximately 10 seconds. It was so weird!!!

Witness location : Charlotte (USA) (190 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 538 min

Laying in bed reading and the bed And two lamps started shaking. Ran downstairs to ask WHAT was that, really freaked me out!

Witness location : Lithonia (USA) (193 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

felt house shaking. felt too strong to be kids playing or something falling. a few shakes then a pause then a few more shakes

Witness location : Charlotte (USA) (193 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

I felt like I was back in Japan. Scary!

Witness location : Charlotte (USA) (193 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

 My son and me felt the movement. My bed was shaking.

Witness location : (USA) (193 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 63 min

It sounded like my roof had shifted.

Witness location : Franklin (USA) (195 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

If felt like some one turned on a old washing machine it shook my house.. For about 5-6 seconds.

Witness location : Stone Mountain (USA) (195 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 91 min

Was on the phone with mom who lives in 3 hours away... said her whole house was shaking and less than a minute later I felt mine shaking and heard a loud rumbling outside. That lasted about 12 seconds.

Witness location : Pine Lake (USA) (199 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 919 min

I live in Atlanta Ga area and felt the house trembling and heard a low rumbling noise beneath me.  An object fell off the table and the fringe on the lamp shook for a full 3 minutes or so

Witness location : Lincolnton (USA) (199 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1458 min

Didn't last long...a few seconds.

Witness location : Beaufort (USA) (199 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 58 min

I was downstairs and kept hearing noise from 2 nd floor. Thought my husband was rearranging bedroom. Sounded like furniture moving on the tile floor. I came to bed at 1115p. No furniture was moved. Then I read about the earthquake

Witness location : Johns Creek (USA) (199 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 998 min

We heard our house rattle.

Witness location : Tucker (USA) (200 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 101 min

I did not feel it,but many people in Atlanta did. Friends of mine from Augusta Georgia definitely felt it and facebook lit up with people from the Southeast asking what it was. I googled it and confirmed it was an earthquake. Earlier in the fall loud booms wete heard all over Atlanta and reported throughout the region.

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (202 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

I was the only person in my house to feel it.

Witness location : Dawsonville (USA) (202 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Laying in bed, felt something like washer spinning, but washer was off.  I thought could it be an earthquake, and it was!

Witness location : Dawsonville (USA) (203 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Just was scary the house shook for 30 seconds

Witness location : Stockbridge (USA) (205 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 615 min

Thought there was a demon under my bed, it was shaking so bad. Even the headboard was hitting the wall!

Witness location : Marion (USA) (207 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 100 min

The dogs jumped up just before I felt a shake.

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (209 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Felt like vibrating bed but in chair

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (209 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Felt like a temblor.  Lasted  a few seconds.  Like the cat jumped up on the bed.

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (209 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 655 min

Weird

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (210 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 597 min

I felt it for about 30 seconds. It was a steady vibration and a low roar.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (210 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

We were sitting here watching the game & I felt the floor moving & a glass of water on the table started moving.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (211 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

Room door started to shake.

Witness location : Denver (USA) (213 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Sounded like a car just ran into our house downstairs.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (213 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 574 min

It shook our bed hard. My husband, daughter and I were all flustered about it for a good 15-20 mins.

Witness location : Griffin (USA) (214 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

3 seconds or so

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (216 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 55 min

Significant quaking

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (216 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 18 min

Pictures on wall shook

Witness location : Mooresville (USA) (219 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Chairs shook for 10 seconds

Witness location : Hilton Head Island (USA) (220 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 50 min

Low rumbling and faint noise...couch, coffee table, and indoor plant shook.

Witness location : North Charleston (USA) (221 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 100 min

Was sitting at work in my work truck and it felt like somebody was rocking my truck. I actually looked in all of my mirrors to see if anyone was outside my truck.

Witness location : Barnardsville (USA) (221 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

House was shaking, strange noises. Vibrated couch I am lying on

Witness location : Concord (USA) (224 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 80 min

Felt like an exaggerated spin cycle on the washing machine. We felt it slightly then it increased, then decreased. Stopped then spun once more.

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (224 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 127 min

Felt bed shake

Witness location : Canton (USA) (227 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

About 4 seconds jolting of house followed by 2 seconds shaking,

Witness location : Charleston (USA) (229 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 927 min

Definitely got me out of my chair. The whole room shook like a plane was flying low .

Witness location : Woodstock (USA) (230 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

It almost knocked me out of bed. There were two distinctly separate tremors.

Witness location : Murphy (USA) (230 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 718 min

My house shook like a plane was going over but no damage it just lasted about 5 sec didn't know what it was

Witness location : Morganton (USA) (232 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

It was just a little scary cause once I realized it wasn't the washer and wasn't the wind, it kinda made me nervous because I'm up alone with my brand new infant with my 9yr old son in bed.

Witness location : Kennesaw (USA) (236 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 95 min

Felt like someone was shaking my chair!

Witness location : Peachtree City (USA) (236 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 169 min

I have an African Grey parrot. I was upstairs and she was downstairs. I could hear her flapping her wings for a moment. It felt kinda like something had ran into my house.

Witness location : Powder Springs (USA) (240 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

It shook the entire house. Photos on the walls and even the hot water heater. The hardest shaking lasted about 4 5 secs then it faded out from there for a total of about 15-17secs. Scary and cool

Witness location : Townsend (USA) (251 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 875 min

Woke me up from sleeping, could feel the house "swaying" on the third floor.

Witness location : Dallas (USA) (258 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Felt it heard the hanging on my wall shaking

Witness location : Nashville (USA) (310 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 706 min

I was awoken by a sudden onset of tornado like sounds. The trees were hitting violently against the house...

Witness location : Phenix City (USA) (312 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1137 min

My puppy and I looked at each other and I said "What was THAT???" Now we know!

Witness location : Spring Lake (USA) (321 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 672 min

I myself did not feel it,  but my bird (who is rarely startled) fell off his perch and acted scared about that time.

Witness location : Red Bank (USA) (330 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 103 min

Sounded like a shotgun being fired.

Witness location : Louisville (USA) (586 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 82 min

We did not feel the quake but our dog has been acting very unusual since dinner, barking, standing by the door and would not settle down all night. We just heard about the quake and she calmed down about 30 minutes ago. Animals are amazing. We just kept telling her that we did not know whY she wanted.

Witness location : Orlando (USA) (594 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1474 min

Was standing still on 4th floor of a hotel building in the afternoon 2/14/14