Magnitude 4.1 earthquake in San Luis Obispo County felt like it was “hit by a truck.”

A 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern San Luis Obispo County Tuesday morning, with shaking widely felt by local residents and businesses.

Paula Scallan was at her home in Templeton, ready to take her dog Lucy to the dog park, when she felt a violent tremor.

“I was in my bedroom, and it literally felt like the roof of my house was going to collapse. It just shook,” she said.

At Gray Wolf Cellars, winemaker Brad Ely was driving a forklift when he felt a sudden jolt.

“Suddenly, I felt like I was hit by a truck or something,” he recalls. “The entire elevator jumped out of the ground.”

The quake occurred just before 10 a.m., and originated near Interstate 46 in Templeton, about five miles west of Interstate 101, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

At Gray Wolf Cellars and Grain+Vine Craft Distillery, bottles and glassware were dropped, but surprisingly that's all that was damaged.

“Everything was on the floor, and it was no different than it was in 2003. There weren't as many bottles as there were in 2003. Everything was on the floor,” owner Joe Barton explained.

Barton has seen some large earthquakes, including the deadly 6.5 magnitude San Simeon earthquake that caused extensive damage in downtown Paso Robles.

Although Tuesday's quake was far less devastating, it was memorable, especially for the Pat Butler Elementary School students who felt it on the playground, a memory principal Christy Holman recalls from when she was a child.

“I remember being on a soccer field and having an earthquake, and I will never forget that feeling, so I absolutely believe our students will remember today,” she said.

Holman says her students were prepared after participating in Great Earthquake drills just last month.

“We were fully prepared for the real situation. Today, our students and staff were prepared to respond to an earthquake, an actual earthquake today,” Holman said.

Waking up to a shaking roof, shattering glass, driving a shaking forklift, or running on a playground, the effects were felt throughout the North County area.

“They feel like they're rolling [feeling]Eli described other earthquakes he felt. “It was kind of a sudden stop that I felt like nothing I've ever felt before.”

Barton added: “We forget that we are in an earthquake country. It will happen. We are very lucky that this is the size of the earthquake because when it gets bigger, it becomes much more dangerous.”

Paso Robles police said they had not received any calls regarding damage from the earthquake as of 11 a.m. Tuesday.

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