LENOIR, N.C. — The United States Geological Survey reported a 2.1 magnitude earthquake Monday night in Lenoir.
The agency said the quake hit about three miles below the surface at 9:46 p.m. almost 10 miles north of the city limits on Buffalo Cove Road.
Elmer Cook heard the earthquake along Stone Mountain Road in Caldwell County.
He thought the mountainside near his home may have slid.
"I went out and shined the light around and everything,” Cook said. “And I didn't see anything wrong so I went back in the house and, my dog had gone to barking."
Amber Wagoner woke up Tuesday morning and knew something had happened.
"I saw a couple of picture frames off the wall, on the ground and I thought my dog may have done it, but my husband called and told me about the earthquake," Wagoner said.
Wayne Pipes was talking with his wife when he heard the loud rumble
"It was just a boom, sort of like thunder,” Pipes said. “And that's what I thought it was. I didn't think about an earthquake."
The USGS said earthquakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or less are usually not felt, but can be recorded by a seismograph. There are about 900,000 earthquakes a year that are a magnitude of 2.5 or less.
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