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Did you feel it? Small earthquake reported in Carroll County

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Posted at 3:45 AM, Oct 12, 2022
and last updated 2022-10-12 10:41:08-04

SYKESVILLE, Md. — If you felt a small rumble when you were trying to sleep, it wasn't a bad dream.

The United State Geological Survey reported a magnitude 2.0 earthquake around midnight Wednesday. The agency reports the epicenter in the Sykesville area of Carroll County.

While the earthquake wasn't big, some people could feel it as far east as Baltimore and as far south as Silver Spring.

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You can see a full report on the earthquake here.

No injuries have been documented, although 181 residents did report feeling the earthquake.

There was a small earthquake reported in Clarksville last year.

According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, minor earthquakes occur in the central part of the state a few times a year.

Columbia they say experiences the greatest number "due to ancient geologic faults in the earth that were made hundreds of millions of years ago when the North American continent was being made."

Here are some other facts about earthquakes reported in Maryland:

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