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Cracked roads and homes: Photos, video of the earthquake's impact in NC

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook NC on Sunday morning. The epicenter was near Sparta, NC, but could be felt in the Triangle and other nearby states. North Carolinians shared their photos and footage of the earthquake's damage and impact in their communities.

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Heather Leah
, WRAL multiplatform producer

The community near Sparta, NC was the epicenter of a 5.1 magnitude earthquake on Sunday morning. All across the state, North Carolinians felt their homes shake during the first earthquake the state has had since 2011.

North Carolinians shared their photos and footage of the earthquake's damage and impact in their communities, including cracked roads, buckling houses, broken televisions and video of the moment the shaking occurred.

River Brooks of Sparta, NC shared a video of his garage and yard being shaken during the quake.

River Brooks also shared a video from inside his home.

Pictures of Food Lion in Sparta after morning earthquake. Sent to me from my cousin that lives over there.

A Food Lion in Sparta the morning of the earthquake.

This video caught a living room shaking during the earthquake.

A crack nearly as wide as a human foot could be seen in the asphalt on a road.

Another woman posted a photo of a crack in a road's asphalt

Chestnut Grove Road, Sparta NC about a mile from the quake epicenter.

This photo shows a crack on Chestnut Grove Road in Sparta, NC, about a mile away from the quake's epicenter.

Earthquake shakes ceiling loose in Food Lion in Sparta, NC

The ceiling in this grocery store in Sparta seems to have been damaged from the shaking.

This brick home in Sparta began to crack and buckle.

Another woman shared cracks that had formed in the brick of her home.

A television in a Sparta home was shaken off its base.

If you have photos or video to share from the earthquake of the damage afterwards, send it to WRAL Report It.

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