A 2.5-magnitude earthquake shook Howard County, Maryland, on Monday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake happened at about 5:17 p.m. in Columbia at a depth of nearly 5 miles. It was reportedly felt in D.C. and Arlington, Virginia. It was felt as far south as Waldorf, Maryland, and as far north as Owings Mills.

Someone even reported feeling the quake across the Chesapeake Bay in the Easton, Maryland, area.

Tina Laboy, deputy director at the Howard County Office of Emergency Management, joined WTOP’s Nick Iannelli on Monday night, describing worried calls her office received about the reported earthquake.

She said their first step was to gather “as much information as we can about the incident.”

“Once we had reports of the boom and the shaking, our police departme

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