Boom, boom shake the room! Those are the words to Will Smith rap song, but Tuesday night it was reality for some people in the Triad.
Around 12:32 am., 911 in Randolph and Guilford County started getting calls about a loud boom that caused their house to shake.
"We just rolled back over and went back to sleep, and the dog settled down. I woke up this morning and found out we’re in the epicenter," said Gin-nie Smith, who lives on Hickory Creek Road.
"It was just, it sounded like a slow train maybe, like somebody was moving something," said Warren Hemphill, "I didn’t think it was an earthquake, no. It’s kind of close, so any noise I hear, I think it could be an earthquake."
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) knew exactly it what it was: an earthquake. The epicenter was in Archdale, near the Guilford/Randolph County border.
Guilford College Geology professor Dave Dobson says, in our area - we're not close to a fault line, or active earthquake zone, but east of the Rocky Mountains, the energy from earthquakes can travel farther meaning more people might feel it.
Some WFMY News 2 viewers described a long, booming sound and that it was strong enough to shake the whole house in some cases. After calling 911, many took to social media asking us on Twitter and Facebook if we knew what caused the boom.