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Witness location : Decatur (USA) (2 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 57 min

Never felt the house shake and rattle like that.

Witness location : Ten Mile (USA) (8 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It lasted around 30 seconds and shook the entire house and foundation. Things fell and broke from the wall.

Witness location : Decatur (USA) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

It woke me out a dead sleep and everyone else

Witness location : Athens (USA) (11 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 408 min

Shook the whole house . It was loud and woke everyone in the house. Frightening experience. Never been in a earthquake before

Witness location : Decatur (USA) (12 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 736 min

My dog woke me up a couple of seconds before I felt it. The house swayed back and forth for a good 20 seconds and a couple of pictures fell off my wall. I grew up in Southern California and lived through the Landers, Hector Mine, and Northridge earthquakes and this quake felt way more powerful than just a 4.4.

Witness location : Spring City (USA) (14 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Pretty strong for this area. Lasted about half a moment.

Witness location : Athens (USA) (16 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 33 min

Eastern TN rattled the pictures on the wall

Witness location : Evensville (USA) (20 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

It was quite short but we felt the whole house move as if some one had picked it up and shook it!

Witness location : Sweetwater (USA) (25 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

I got up to go to the bathroom and my whole house started shaking and stuff on the walls was shaking and there was a loud roar for a few minutes.

Witness location : Spring City (USA) (25 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 548 min

 I woke up about 3:15 AM to the house shaking and decorations on the cabinets wobbling back-and-forth. I was more in astonishment as to what was happening then thinking about earthquake at the moment. It Lasted for about 30 seconds and I could hear rumbling.  It sounded like two semi trucks are parked outside of my house and the house was wobbling, it was very weird.

Witness location : Dayton (USA) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 53 min

I thought someone was rattling the door.

Witness location : Loudon (USA) (33 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3227 min

Woke us up from sleeping sounded like semi was park outside of room

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

Time : T0+ 12 min

Completely woke us up house was shaking.

Witness location : Crossville (USA) (43 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I could hear the roar

Witness location : Soddy Daisy (USA) (47 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 39 min

House shook, roaring sound, very weird feeling.

Witness location : Cleveland (USA) (49 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 356 min

Woken up by moderate to slightly intense shaking. The shaking lasted for about 30 seconds.

Witness location : Oak Ridge (USA) (55 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

It woke me from sleeping. I heard rumbling and I felt the entire house shaking. Only lasted a minute or less.

Witness location : Dunlap (USA) (61 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

I was in bed and it felt like a helicopter was over my house. I jumped up and opened the door to outside but there was nothing and shut the door and inside house was still rattling. I opened the door again to double check for sound but the it stopped. Fist my lampshade shook, then everything shook.

Witness location : Ooltewah (USA) (63 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 201 min

The movement of the earth made my house sound like it was whistling.

Witness location : Ooltewah (USA) (66 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 370 min

Woke me up felt a vibration and loud noise, like a train going by  definitely a strange feeling

Witness location : Harrison (USA) (66 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Wow Harrison, tn

Witness location : Louisville (USA) (68 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

4:15 am Vibration lasting about 2o seconds and tappering off. Slight shaking... Could hear creaking of walls and windows.

Witness location : Collegedale (USA) (69 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

A rumble in the flooring 2nd floor of work.

Witness location : Maryville (USA) (71 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

Shook the whole house, woke people up. I was lying in bed, i legit thought someone had grabbed ahold of my bed and was roughly shaking it. I could feel the wall nearest my bed swaying. Knocked dishes down and moved stationary furniture. Roughly 10-15 mins ago.

Witness location : Chattanooga (USA) (81 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 802 min

I felt my bed shaking. It woke me up and I thought "Is that an earthquake?" I am new to Tennessee. I lived in Iowa before this. I have never felt an earthquake. Interesting..

Witness location : East Ridge (USA) (82 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 239 min

Strong enough to wake me up but didn’t last long.

Witness location : Knoxville (USA) (82 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 101 min

Woke me up and. It was loud rumbling and the bed was shaking a few things fell over on shelves. Was so weird and I knew immediately it was an earthquake, had felt one similar years ago in ago in Greenback Tennessee

Witness location : Knoxville (USA) (84 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1431 min

Vibration

Witness location : Cookeville (USA) (87 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Woke me up out of a sound sleep, heart pounding. Went on long enough to make me really nervous.

Witness location : Mineral Bluff (USA) (88 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Was sleeping and woke. Heard and felt a vibration for about 10 seconds.

Witness location : Blue Ridge (USA) (90 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1067 min

I felt uneasy in my stomach in the hours leading up to the event. It felt as though a large vehicle was going to drive into the side of the house.

Witness location : Cookeville (USA) (92 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 154 min

I was awake shortly after 3a.m. and felt the bed shake. I sat up and saw the glass of water on my night stand shaking as well. Then I could here rattling objects and our ceiling fan was shaking.

Witness location : Ellijay (USA) (98 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 119 min

The earthuake woke me up!  The house was shaking and dishes rattling.  
As impressive as when I lived in WA state near Mount Baker.

Witness location : Oneida (USA) (101 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 265 min

I was in bed but had been awake for a little while when I heard and felt a small Trimble , it lasted approximately 10 to 15 second.  I looked at my clock it was 4:18 pm this morning.

Witness location : Chatsworth (USA) (102 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1381 min

My dog started howling a few minutes before then everything started shaking. Picture frames were rattling on the wall. Windows and ceilings were creaking. Definitely a first here in Murray

Witness location : Knoxville (USA) (104 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 210 min

I felt a rumbling and heard the sound of glass vibrating. Woke me up. Clock showed 4:16 AM.

Witness location : Ellijay (USA) (104 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Pictures on walls rattling. It woke me up.

Witness location : Ellijay (USA) (104 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 419 min

Woke me up. Bed shaking and windows rattling

Witness location : Ellijay (USA) (105 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 66 min

We felt the house shake in Ellijay GA 😉

Witness location : Cowan (USA) (125 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 427 min

Woke me out of a sound sleep!

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

Time : T0+ 15 min

Woke me out of a sound sleep, glass rattling.

Witness location : Valley Head (USA) (126 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 245 min

I was asleep and it woke me up!  My house was shaking!

Witness location : Jasper (USA) (130 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 151 min

Woke me from a dead sleep.

Witness location : Franklin (USA) (134 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 35 min

Shook bed

Witness location : Dahlonega (USA) (138 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Standing in kitchen, felt the house shaking. Looked at dogs water dish and there were ripples. Yikes!

Witness location : Ball Ground (USA) (145 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 69 min

Felt this shaking from this one

Witness location : Canton (USA) (154 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 46 min

it started with noise on my roof like someone was rolling on it. At first I was scared one of my big trees was coming down on the house, but then I felt the rumbling roll and felt it in the floor. My locked porch door popped open! That was when I knew. Will report on the app.

Witness location : Canton (USA) (154 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 47 min

it started with noise on my roof like someone was rolling on it. At first I was scared one of my big trees was coming down on the house, but then I felt the rumbling roll and felt it in the floor. My locked porch door popped open! That was when I knew. Will report on the app.

Witness location : Canton (USA) (154 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 89 min

Woke up to dishes rattling and house vibrating like a big washer was spinning out in the house. Lasted about 20 seconds.

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (155 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

It was for 10 seconds. I was in the bathroom and felt how my whole house shook

Witness location : Rome (USA) (156 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 151 min

Woke me at around 4:25 am this morning. Loud rattling of house. Windows rattling in their frames.

Witness location : Rome (USA) (156 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 427 min

I was scared that our house was collapsing

Witness location : Fort Payne (USA) (157 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

shook whole house, didn’t last very strong but it was very powerful and woke my whole family up.

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (157 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

I live at XXXX Dennington Trace Cumming Georgia This quake occurred at 4:15am.

Witness location : Canton (USA) (158 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 142 min

Canton It was about 4:17 am and we felt a little shaking that woke us up.

Witness location : Gainesville (USA) (159 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 105 min

Woke me out of sleep at 4:17 am in Gainesville, GA Forsyth County.

Witness location : Cartersville (USA) (160 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

It was an abrupt jult, then a continued rumble for about 15 seconds

Witness location : Woodstock (USA) (164 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

I couldn’t sleep and was laying in bed doing a crossword puzzle. My husband had gone to the bathroom about five minutes before I heard a rumble and felt the bed shaking. I heard tinkling sounds like glasses clinking together. At first I thought my husband had fallen or something but the shaking lasted maybe five seconds. It was long enough for me to wonder if it was an earthquake. I have felt two small quakes before, years ago, in Ohio.

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (165 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 170 min

It woke us up from sleep.

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (165 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 203 min

Hit at approximately 4:15am.  Woke me.out of my sleep.  House was shaking and doors were rattling.

Witness location : Milton (USA) (166 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 626 min

Felt rumble and movement for 3-4 seconds in Milton Georgia

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (167 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 245 min

Thought a tree fell. About 3-4 seconds.

Witness location : Gainesville (USA) (168 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

I could hear and feel everything shake

Witness location : Woodstock (USA) (168 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

At 0415 Eastern - house shook from what felt like a sustained strong gusts of wind for approximately 10 seconds. It's not windy outside.

Witness location : Woodstock (USA) (168 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 223 min

Se sintieron vibraciones

Witness location : Woodstock (USA) (169 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

Woke by house shaking, thought it was a wind gust,

Witness location : Lula (USA) (170 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Woke us up from good sleep. Bed shaking, bookshelf rattling, and the house making a lot of cracking noises. Our dogs are still stirred up.

Witness location : Toccoa (USA) (172 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 247 min

The bed was shaking and pictures on the wall. Lasted about 15-20 seconds.

Witness location : Cumming (USA) (172 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

I had jut awakened. I was lying in my bed when I felt vibrations. Lasted a few seconds heard rattling noises like a wood pecker. Looked at the clock. It was 4:17am. 12/12/18

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (174 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 48 min

Woke up to my dedroom shaking at around 4:15

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (175 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 36 min

We felt the bed shake and the mirror rocking for about 10 seconds. Strange!

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (175 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

I was woken up by what felt like slamming doors. I felt the whole house shake/rock for about 10 seconds. I wasn't sure what it was at first but assumed it was an earthquake

Witness location : Acworth (USA) (178 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1120 min

It woke me from a dead sleep

Witness location : Buford (USA) (178 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Bed started shaking and windows rattled.

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (179 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Shook the house and woke me up!

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (180 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Shook the whole house, Marietta Ga

Witness location : Dallas (USA) (181 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

I was sitting on my couch and it was rumbling and vibrating along with all my windows and shutters! My dog was barking all night hours before so I believe he knew. He acted very strange about 4 hours before it happened. I’m in NW Georgia

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (181 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

Wakened by dresser handles shaking to then realizing the whole house was shaking! Marietta, GA

Witness location : Alpharetta (USA) (181 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Wow. 10 sec shake

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (185 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Woke up people in the house. Windows were rattling, felt like standing on a bridge with big trucks rolling past.

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (185 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 88 min

The earthquake woke my wife and me from a sound sleep. At first, we thought our dogs were causing the noise but it was our house rattling. Lasted maybe 5 seconds or so...

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (185 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

Woke me out of a dead sleep.

Witness location : Marietta (USA) (186 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

I live in Cobb County Ga. My whole bedroom shook!

Witness location : Candler (USA) (186 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

Felt rumbling and noise

Witness location : Duluth (USA) (186 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 217 min

The whole bed shook and woke me up.

Witness location : Duluth (USA) (186 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 344 min

Lived in California my whole life and literally moved here a week ago, so this was a bit of a surprise for me. I thought I’d left the earthquake zone behind! Felt a little shaking then one big jolt and it was done.

Witness location : Dallas (USA) (189 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Bed and door shook enough to wake us.

Witness location : Sandy Springs (USA) (190 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 129 min

 We felt the tremor is almost exactly 60 seconds after they occurred in Decatur, Tennessee. It rattled the house and woke us up at precisely 4:15 AM.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (191 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Bed shaking - 10 to 15 seconds - enough to wake us and cat. North Atlanta, very near Suntrust Park

Witness location : Smyrna (USA) (192 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 84 min

Got up from sleep and felt bed was little shaky

Witness location : Chuckey (USA) (194 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 43 min

Woke me from a dead sleep, I thought a big truck was driving past the house.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (194 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

Shake the entire apartment our Christmas tree lights were shaking too

Witness location : Powder Springs (USA) (194 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 152 min

4:15am

Witness location : Smyrna (USA) (195 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 27 min

I was woken by the earthquake when the whole house briefly shook. I could hear ornaments on the tree rattling.

Witness location : Jefferson (USA) (197 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 41 min

The room started shaking and my mirror and canvases I have hung up started rattling against the wall, and my animals all seemed alert and unnerved.

Witness location : (USA) (199 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 87 min

It shook the bed, night stand and mirrot

Witness location : Tucker (USA) (199 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 49 min

Lasted about 5 seconds. Rattled bookshelves.

Witness location : Lilburn (USA) (199 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 103 min

I heard the wreaths rattling against the windows, bed was shaking. Crazy!

Witness location : Guntersville (USA) (199 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 261 min

Heard a crack and the house shook. Woke me and my dogs up. Just confirmed my suspicion on here and on local news.

Witness location : Austell (USA) (200 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Bedroom windows rattling loud ly steady about three or four minutes of long duration

Witness location : Lawrenceville (USA) (201 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Tremor near Atlanta Georgia.

Witness location : Lithia Springs (USA) (202 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 17 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Decatur (USA) (202 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

Woke me from my sleep with wall mounted stuff rattling/oscillating and stuff falling off the roof.

Witness location : Lawrenceville (USA) (202 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 51 min

Woke up thought I was going crazy. Won’t go back to sleep and time soon after a house shaking.

Witness location : Huntsville (USA) (204 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 157 min

I was awoken by my bed shaking and hearing my things rattling.  I was confused at first but then realized it was a small earthquake.

Witness location : Douglasville (USA) (206 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 25 min

This woke me up out of my sleep! Only the second time in my life. Earthquakes in GA are super rare, and I have felt both that occurred in my lifetime!

Witness location : Pendleton (USA) (207 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3139 min

I offten hear and see vibrations in the early morning hours here but nothing like this. This one made my kitchen table wobble and a vase of flowers on counter rocked a lil but never enough to knock it over. Im glad my daughter was awake she felt it as well so had a witness. Ive told my husband about the vibrations ive felt/heard or the windows rattled on occasion before we got new ones. he never said he didnt belive me but he didnt.

Witness location : Swannanoa (USA) (208 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

Lasted just a few seconds very noticeable everything was shaking.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (208 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

On the 5th floor of big building, felt my bed shaking for several seconds

Witness location : Burnsville (USA) (210 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 54 min

The sound of the metal handles on my chest of drawers rattling woke me up and then I realized it felt like my bed/room was slightly shaking. I sat up thinking my dog might be having a seizure but she was sound asleep. It only lasted a few seconds after I woke up and left me wondering if that had been some kind of weird dream. Unable to go back to sleep, I searched on line to see if perhaps it was an earthquake and found this one, that happened at the exact time I was woken up, although it seems rather far away to have been felt here???

Witness location : Horton (USA) (211 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Shook the house for a few moments

Witness location : Douglasville (USA) (212 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

I was laying in bed reading when the whole house started shaking like someone was trying to knock it down. Like a giant was hitting his shoulder against the house. It happened like 3-4 times.

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

Time : T0+ 18 min

I heard a rumble while inside my apartment

Witness location : Villa Rica (USA) (214 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

I was having coffee at 4:15am. I felt the house begin to shake.. The tremor lasted about 10 seconds.

Witness location : Jonesborough (USA) (215 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

It woke me up. I heard it more than “felt it”. It lasted for a few more seconds after I woke up so I know it wasn’t a dream. It was kinda like a roar that made my house squeak and glass chatter.. it was light but very noticeable.

Witness location : Jonesborough (USA) (218 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 55 min

Just a few good shakes enough to create waves in my aquarium of 1/8 to 1/4 inch.

Witness location : Atlanta (USA) (218 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

I’m in a hotel right outside the Atlanta airport. I heard a loud noise and then my room was shaking for what seemed to be 10 seconds.

Witness location : Conyers (USA) (237 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 37 min

I’m in Conyers,GA.... the whole house shook!!

Witness location : Newnan (USA) (238 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 154 min

No big shakes but I was woken up to a slight tremor and lamp shades shaking!

Witness location : Fayetteville (USA) (241 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 251 min

Woke up to shake and rattle at 4:20 am .

Witness location : Fayetteville (USA) (241 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

In Atlanta GA 😳

Witness location : Newnan (USA) (246 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 414 min

no damage just shaking was weird.

Witness location : Locust Grove (USA) (257 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 29 min

Woke me up. Thought it was the cat scratching, but there was no cat on the bed. Locust Grove, GA

Witness location : Gray Court (USA) (263 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 428 min

At 417am on 12-12-2018 The mobile home I live in shook for a few seconds.

Witness location : Lagrange (USA) (286 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 104 min

Felt bed shaking around 4:15

Witness location : Lagrange (USA) (287 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 211 min

Woke me in LaGrange GA.  YIKES!

Witness location : Kimper (USA) (299 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 110 min

I actually felt it a little over an hour ago, but just now found a place to report feeling it. It wasn’t much. I was in bed and it shook just enough to wake me up and I could feel the bed shaking a little for a few seconds. The only thing it disturbed is a bottle of medication fell off my stand next to my bed.

Witness location : Pine Mountain (USA) (305 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Camper and glass shower door shook so hard it woke me up.

Witness location : Mooresville (USA) (355 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 98 min

Headboard of bed swayed for 30-45 seconds at 0415

Witness location : Cincinnati (USA) (393 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 20 min

While lying in bed I felt the building shake

Witness location : Dayton (USA) (463 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 28 min

Inside big manufactor plant and we all felt it .. Sounded like a train and everything shook .. Water in jug on water cooler shook for a while after.

Witness location : Madison (USA) (607 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 217 min

A door closed slightly around 3:15 am. I didn't have air on, and I thought it was the oddest thing. I honestly thought have been thinking about why the door would've moved all night.

Witness location : St Charles (USA) (629 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 352 min

3:15am
Nothing rattling but woke me up feeling something going on and I thought it was earthquake

Witness location : Tiger (USA) (699 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 32 min

First time I ever felt one. Kinda scary