May. 16th, 2009 at 9:00 AM
The Roanoke Valley felt tremors from a mild earthquake early Saturday morning.
The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.6 magnitude earthquake about 4:08 a.m., according to the National Earthquake Information Center.
The epicenter was about 4 miles west-southwest of Roanoke, in the Cave Spring area.
An "overflow" of people have called 911 in Roanoke, according to emergency dispatchers, though no damage or injuries have been reported.
Earthquakes of this intensity usually do not cause much damage, the Center said. Sometimes called microearthquakes, they often are only detected by seismographs and not felt by people.
By 5 a.m., the Earthquake Information Center's Web site listed more than 100 reports of weak or light shaking in Roanoke, Vinton and Salem.
Needless to say, YES I FELT IT. It woke me up out of sound sleep. I thought a tree had hit the house or something. Mark slept through it and didn't believe me.
Edited to add- They upgraded it to 3.0.
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