Detroit experienced a 3.6-magnitude earthquake Thursday night that rattled the nerves of many in the Motor City, but apparently caused little to no damage, the Detroit Free Press reported.
U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was centered in Amherstburg, Ontario, about 20 miles south of downtown Detroit. It was the biggest earthquake to shake Detroit since a magnitude-4.2 earthquake nine miles southeast of Kalamazoo was felt across lower Michigan, northern Indiana and northwestern Ohio in May 2015, the Free Press said.
The Detroit News noted, though, that a 2.0-magnitude earthquake happened in the Detroit area on Jan. 16 after a meteor slammed into Earth in Michigan.
"They happen from time to time, right in that magnitude" in the region, David Gurney, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in White Lake, told the Free Press. "They are rare, but not unheard of."
WXYZ-TV reported there were no early reports of damage.
"This was kind of like a rumbling," Jeff Ward, from the Detroit suburb of Taylor, told the Free Press. "I live close to I-94, so I thought it was a truck maybe on 94, but then it kept going, and the house started shaking."
Many went to Twitter to share their thoughts – from surprise to humorous – about the Detroit earthquake.
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