HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) -- An Horry County resident whose family of four is now displaced after a large tree fell on their home Tuesday morning says the incident "felt like an earthquake."

Horry County Fire Rescue responded to the incident in the Forestbrook area around 5:15 a.m.

“Since we live so close to the airport, I was like, ‘Maybe an airplane crashed or something,’" homeowner Huong Lam said. "I know it’s outrageous, but I was half asleep. So, that was my first thought because it was a very loud noise. The whole house was -- it felt like an earthquake.”

Lam says she is grateful no one was hurt. She told News13, if it had happened only an hour later, her two kids would have been in the dining room, right where the tree fell.

“It happened at the right time: 4:45 a.m.," Lam said.

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