. a lot of people just didn t understand what was going on this morning. i just felt like the whole house shook, like really scary. just loud. just a loud rumbling. you know, i kind of just dismissed it. reporter: the epicenter was in germantown, around the corner of forrestbrook road and ebb tied circle. a 3.4 earthquake had residents shaking in the bed. things were shaking. it shook enough that my dog, who sleeps on the edge of the bed, she fell off the bed this morning. the bed was shaking. the dog fell off. it was unnerving. all around the area, people are talking about it. patricia fortune never dreamed she would be near the epicenter of an earthquake, not in germantown. at 5:00 a.m., her house was rattling. it was so intense. the house shook. it is like somebody grabbed you and it was over. not surprising that it fell. the earthquake helped it along. reporter: over on davis mill road, gary moezman surveys some minor damage. this dead tree was slated for re