i was online in a poker tournament when "boom" ...  i knew we had an earthquake or a plane crash nearby. Im from california and have been

through a number of earthquakes . Was about 6 miles  from epicenter  in a 6.0 which leveled many buildings nearby. It really didnt feel much different  from what i felt last night except there it lasted for a minute rather than a second. Were here on grandin Rd.  and if that

was a 2.8 were right on top of the fault.  The only reason i got online just now was to see if there was anything about an earthquake..never

felt one here in the 10 years ive spent in roanoke.  got my attention  :0)      

I live on memorial ave in the Raliegh Court area, I  was actually chatting with my old roommate in Hawaii when my apartment building shook,  I thought someone had driven a car into my building.  If that was a small one I would hate to feel a big one.  It jolted me crazy.

My husband, daughter, and I live off of Brambleton Avenue, and I woke up to a load rumble and then the house shook...I honestly thought my husband fell out of bed initially until I felt the house continue to shake.  I then thought the house got hit by a car or had a tree fall on it. It only lasted about 10 seconds or so.  I went back to bed thinking I was going crazy at 8 months pregnant, but woke up to the news of an earthquake...exciting!

I did feel it! The windows of my bedroom shook. I was awake because of loud neighbors. I recorded it at 4:09am. I knew it was an earthquake. This is the third earthquake I have experienced in the Roanoke area. The first was about 20 years ago with the epicenter in West Virginia, hardly noticeable. The second was a few years ago with the epicenter in the Charlottesville area. If you have experienced one, you will never forget what it feels like.   

 We live in the Grandin Road area, and the activity made my husband and I sat straight up in the bed. It felt like a wave going underneath our house. I new it was an earthquake, that was the only explanation!

Dottie

meg martin:

The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.6 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.

 I am a resident in North Roanoke County/Hollins area. (We live very close to the airport so loud noises are an every day/evening thing.)  I arrived home from work at 3:30am Saturday morning. It was several minutes after 4am and our floors started vibrating, the windows rattled, our dogs started wining. It lasted longer than a jet taking off, so I felt a little inclined to think it was an earth tremor.  Glad to know it wasn't just me that experienced this at the wee hours of the morning!

Not much to say about it.  The center of the quake was less than a mile west of our house.  My wife and I, and one of our dogs, shot straight up and wondered what in the heck shook the house.  We heard nothing (no sirens) and the power was on, so we went back to sleep.  I thought maybe it was a sonic boom from a jet.  It did not occur to me that it was an earthquake.  Kind of cool.  Good that there was no damage and no injuries.