A small earthquake rattled metro Detroit Thursday night.
The 3.6-magnitude quake struck at about 8 p.m., centered near Amherstburg, Canada, according to the United States Geological Survey.
"They happen from time to time, right in that magnitude" in southeast Michigan, said David Gurney, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in White Lake. "They are rare, but not unheard of."
People who felt earth move swiftly took to Facebook and Twitter to share their experiences.
In Taylor, Jeff Ward, 58, was on his couch watching TV when the ground started shaking.
"This was kind of like a rumbling," he said. "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."
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