VIDEO: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake rocked central Idaho just before 6 p.m. Tuesday evening, marking the state's largest earthquake in nearly 40 years.
The USGS reports the earthquake struck northwest of the small mountain town of Stanley. Reports have been flooding into the CBS2 newsroom and on social media from all over the northwest and even Canada.
Viewers have reported it lasted anywhere between 20-30 seconds. Greg Hogan, owner of Redwood Cabins in Stanley, told CBS2 that the earthquake took him and his 12-year-old son by surprise.
"It was like a heard of rhinos, rhinoceros were running through the house," Hogan said. "My boy's looking at me with his eyes wide open and I just picked him up, grabbed him, and went outside until it settled down. It was a rattler."
Hogan and his boy took a drive around town afterward and it appears as if everything and everyone is OK.