The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 3.0-magnitude earthquake at about 4:08 Saturday morning.

Roanokers almost immediatly began Tweeting about the tremors.

Did you feel it?

Share your earthquake story here.

Definitely startled me as you dont think earthquakes that you can feel around here.  I thought maybe a gas main explosion or a meth lab.... or maybe a sonic boom from a military jet flying overhead. 

I have to say, I went to TV and there were no reports, i found out from the USGS what it was shortly after it was posted.  Sure would be nice if there was an IRC Chat Channel to go to to talk to other locals when things like this occur.  outside of the USGS, Twitter was aflutter with reports seconds after it happened.

I'm so glad to finally find some information about this strange occurance so I know exactly what happened now. The news is slow to inform us of what happens around here, expect if it's a thunderstorm coming through then we'll never stop hearing alerts for those! I've been checking the USGS website and I see it was updated with the detailed info. I've updated my Twitter status about this to let people know about it also.

This is the first earthquake I've ever experienced and I tell you it was a scary feeling! I was in my basement doing some work on the computer and I thought the ceiling was going to come down on me! It woke up my Mother and a few of my neighbors. I was kind of hesitant to go outside at first, because I didn't know what to expect. None of the local news stations or their websites had any information about it, which is a sad thing.

Thanks for the info Roanoke.com, and I hope it's not going to be a common thing around here, because my nerves can't handle it!

I definitely felt it! I work nights so I usually sleep during the day, so I was up watching tv in the bedroom. Then all of the sudden my doors started shaking/slamming and stuff was sliding around on my dresser. It sounded like someone blew a bomb up in my apartment building! I couldn't figure out what had happened so I was actually hiding under the covers (yes I'm an adult haha) for a few minutes until I got up enough courage to go out and look around to see if I could figure out what happened. I found nothing. Then a girl from my work called and asked me if I "felt that" and immedietly we thought it was an earthquake. I was scared to death, seriously because I was alone probably. But I couldn't find any info on any of the local sites, then I found the info on the USGS online and our thoughts were comfirmed. I live in the Cave Spring area so it was probably worse here than most places since this is apparently where it originated. It was certainly scary!

 I sure did feel it.  It woke my wife and I out of our sleep and rattled our windows and pictures on the wall.  It lasted a couple of seconds.  We live in the Cave Spring area of SW county.  At first I thought something had struck my house, I went outside to see if there was tree down or something.  One of my neighbors had come out also to investigate and said he had felt it.   I have never been in an earthquake before but I called 911 to report it and they asked if I was calling about the "shake", then I started to think that was what it must have been.  All I can say is I am glad it wasn't any bigger than that!

Yes, we felt it.  It was like a truck running into the house.  My wife said "What was that."  I said, "An earthquake, maybe a 4.0 or so." We are from California and went through the Loma Prieta 7.1 earthquake plus a zillion smaller ones - some not so small, up to 5.6.

It showed up on earthquake.usgs.gov after 15 minutes or so and my wife called out that that the epicenter was in Cave Spring - before she could tell me the magnitude, I changed my estimate to a 3.0.  Turned out to be a 2.6 - a baby.  A 7.1 is roughly 5,000 times stronger than a 2.6.

But it doesn't matter what the magnitude is, an earthquake is unsettling.  It took even the experienced Bay Area people a long time to stop feeling jittery after the Loma Prieta temblor. 

It's just Mother Nature letting you know who's the boss.

It woke us up and we all ran outide.  The epi center was 4 miles south south west of cave spring ...which would probably be around the poages mill area right?  yes it was a eye opener .

 It was crazy because I thought I was having a dream but I actually thought someone had hit my house in a vehicle. Im glad to know what it was although that is scary in Roanoke.

 We heard the doors on our armoire rattling and felt the bed shake for a few seconds.  Our first thought was that one of the kids had fallen out of bed or something.  At 4:00 am, your first thought is the kids.  No one was screaming, so I bolted up and walked around the house and looked outside.  Several of the neighbors were also outside to see what had happened.  I had, at that point, concluded that it must have been a mild earthquake or a nearby explosion of some serious magnitude.  I definitely had trouble going back to sleep after that little shot of adrenaline!  I'm thankful it wasn't more serious.  We live in the Cave Spring area in Canterbury Park.

It woke me up. The first thing I thought was someone was breaking into my house. I listened for a little while and when I didnt hear anything else I went back to sleep. Im glad that I wasnt going nuts! If that was just a weak earthquake, i cant imagine what people in CA go thru!

I was dozing in the recliner in a room nr the end of the house, suddenly was roused by a boom and the house shook.  First thought was a tree had struck the roof, but I knew that was impossible.  I looked at the clock, it was 4:08 a.m.  The cat was the nxt rm asleep on couch but looked startled and awake.  Turned on porch light and walked outside to look at the roof, but saw nothing, so I went to bed.  This morning I thought...perhaps a box had fallen somehow in the attic, but then my brother saw online we'd had an earthquake!

 It work me up out of sound sleep. I thought a tree had fallen nearby or hit the house.

The hubby slept right through it and didn't believe me about the house shaking until he went down to the Shell Station to get his morning coffee.

Our dog slept through it, but other neighborhood dogs started barking. Also heard yelling from a woman down the street, I assume she felt it as well.

We live less than a mile from the Cave Spring area.

My husband and I definitely felt it. I was sound asleep when the bed started shaking and woke me up. My husband thought the chimney was falling off the house. I thought the house was falling down or someone had run into the house with their vehicle. It was a terrible feeling. It was very disturbing. I could not go back to sleep. My husband went houseside and walked around the house with a flashlight but didn't see anything. I kept watching the news to see if there were any reports, but nothing, then I finally checked the computer and there it was on roanoke.com. Just glad to know I wasn't going crazy. We had guessed it was an earthquake, but since we had never experienced one, we had know way of knowing. We live in Windsor West off 419 in the Cave Spring area.

 I awoke early this morning when it felt like someone shook my house.  My husband grew up in California and has experienced many earthquakes.  He knew it was an earthquake right away.  It was scary to think of that happening in our town.

 Oh thank God I am not crazy, I thought it was a dream at 4 am there was a rumble rumble rumble then boom! Finally jumping up yelling to the kids what did yall do? No one answered me then thought man did a tree fall or what? Called neighbors they didnt know so was very glad to find out I wasnt crazy after looking on roanoke.com ( i live behind Red Lobster)