The 4.8 magnitude quake happened early Thursday morning about 50 miles southeast of San Antonio in the small town of Pawnee. That's between Karnes City and Beeville.
In Atascosa County some say they were actually woken up by the tremors that lasted about 5 to 6 minutes.
In the quiet town of Campbellton, Texas people were talking all day Thursday about the earthquake that rattled South Texas.
“It was just a really loud noise and everything just started shaking, and I didn’t know what to think,” said Gloria Leal. “I thought first thing somebody hit the building.”
The United States Geological Survey said the earthquake hit at 7:24 a.m. - Leal was working at a convenience store at the time.
“The bottles of sodas and stuff were shaking from the cooler, and I went and checked on the cook and she also said it was shaking,” said Leal.
Many other Atascosa County residents said they were home at the time - still sleeping, or at least trying to.
“All of a sudden I felt the bed shake really bad then I woke saying, ‘What is this?’” said Irma Jasso.
Cambellton's Scott Tschirgi recounts the moments, "My wife and I were in our bedroom and at about 730 and we felt a rumbling and then the whole house started shaking a little bit...It last probably about 3 or 4 seconds. Picture frames were falling off the walls breaking, and some cans were falling off the cabinets, and my wife said, 'Is this an explosion?' I said, 'No, it's an earthquake!'"
While the rattling and rocking would only last about 5 seconds, it was still enough to shake up many South Texans.
“Yeah it was scary, cause like I said I didn’t expect all that,” said Leal.
“My mother called me, she lives a couple of miles away from here, wanted to know if I survived the earthquake,” said Tschirgi.
No major injuries or damage were reported from Thursday’s earthquake.
