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2.0-magnitude earthquake detected in Archdale

USGS estimates the quake's center was about four miles underground.

ARCHDALE, N.C. — Did you feel that rumble in Archdale Sunday night? 

It was a small earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. 

USGS reports a 2.0-magnitude earthquake rumbled Archdale around 8:30 p.m. The quake's center was detected at 6.2 kilometers deep -- about four miles. 

A couple of people reported to the survey they felt the quake in a one-block radius. 

USGS estimates you could have felt light shaking with little to no damage. 

We talked to folks who live in Archdale that felt the earthquake. Here's what they said: 

"I felt it last night. I was sitting at the kitchen table and the house shook. Well, I heard a big boom and then the house shook, and my dog started barking, so I got up and I saw and came outside and my other neighbor came out and she heard it too." -- Kristin Swing, lives in Archdale

"We were watching TV, and I sat down on the couch, and we came up, we heard the china rattle and that's all there was to it...I looked at my wife and I said, did you feel that? She said yes, so I got up thinking somebody just hit our house, and I walked outside and there were several neighbors in the neighborhood out walking around saying what happened." -- David Blake, lives in Archdale

"We were watching TV, and I was sitting on the floor, and all of a sudden we heard a loud boom, and then it felt a vibration, and so we looked at each other. My wife was with me, and everybody was outside in the neighborhood. Neighbors on the left, the neighbor down the street, and they were just, 'What happened?' Thought maybe somebody ran into our house or something but we figured that's what it was - an earthquake." -- Greg Williard, lives in Archdale 

DID YOU FEEL IT? | US Geological Survey estimates a small earthquake rumbled Archdale Sunday night. Its center was about four miles underground.

Posted by WFMY News 2 on Monday, August 8, 2022

“The one last night was more of an explosion so I thought that somebody was blowing stuff up over here.“ -- Hailey Young, lives in Archdale

“I wasn’t even sure if it was actually an earthquake, I heard a loud thump in the house and I assumed it was one of my children. So I check to make sure everybody was OK and when everybody was fine, and later on went to bed and realized it was throughout the city.“ -- Lesia Hill, lives in Archdale

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