A 3.6 magnitude earthquake had just "rocked" Mississippi County, the Arkansas Division of Emergency Management reported. Etowah, a town of roughly 254 people according to its mayor, was the closest community to the epicenter.
Jeremy Brown, 42, had never experienced an earthquake in his life. That changed at 11:46 a.m. Wednesday. Brown was at his home Wednesday morning in Mississippi County, roughly three miles from the Etowah city limits, when his house shook violently.