While it caught many residents by surprise, Martin Chapman, a geophysics professor at Virginia Tech, said quakes like these happen at least once every year or two.

A 2.8 magnitude earthquake rattled parts of Virginia on Tuesday, around 5:30 p.m. The quake occurred a little over a half mile northeast of Wyndham, at a depth of 0.1 kilometers. Over 1,300 reports were made to the USGS, but no damage was reported.

No damage or injuries were reported from the small quake in central Virginia, but many people reported it to the U.S. Geological Survey.

A 2.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the Wyndham neighborhood for the second time in less than 12 hours. The second earthquake happened around 2:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to the USGS. The first earthquake was a 2.