If you were in the Montreal area early this morning and felt the earth rumbling below you, you were certainly not dreaming.

According to Earthquakes Canada, a 4.0 magnitude earthquake hit just south of Montreal in the early morning hours. 

2020/01/13 at 05:38am EST M 4.0 - near Huntingdon, QC region, REVISED

— Earthquakes Canada (@CANADAquakes) January 13, 2020

The agency reported that the quake was strongly felt in Saint Bruno, Vaudreuil and Montreal at 5:37 a.m. and that "there are no reports of damage, and none would be expected."

According to the Montrel Gazette, the Sûreté du Québec said citizens of the Montérégie (an administrative region in the southwest part of Quebec) called authorities to report hearing a noise that resembled a vibration or rumble. 

The earthquake was also felt in the U.S. as the epicentre was found to be located just 11 km from Chateaugay, N.Y.

Residents of affected areas quickly took to social media to express their reactions to the quake, and some of them are quite hilarious. 

Yoooo did anyone feel it? #earthquake #Montreal pic.twitter.com/uBByDf2U0x

— 992 (@OsmanBe74543899) January 13, 2020

Some said the earthquake literally shook them out of bed. 

Guess I didn’t need an alarm this morning.. a casual earthquake in montreal will definitely do the trick😩

— gabriella (@gabyianovale) January 13, 2020

And others joked that the disturbance was not actually an earthquake, but a sign meant to help the city's struggling hockey team. 

Good morning Peeps!
I heard Montreal had an earthquake this morning....it was no earthquake....
It was Beliveau, Richard, Plante the ghosts of all the greats telling this current team to snap out of it#GoHabsGo
That's my 2 cents!
Hope everyone is safe in La Belle Provance!

— Chris (@GrumpyGreek70) January 13, 2020

Some poked fun at the notorious 1998 ice storm. 

I survived the 2020 Montréal earthquake!

— Gary "World Famous in a 6-Block Radius” McLean (@garydmclean) January 13, 2020

And others took it more seriously, expressing real concern for the city's ability to cope, should a more intense earthquake ever take place. 

Slept through this, but forever wondering how screwed Montreal would be by a ‘real’ earthquake. Our facades crumble at the best of times, so either the city will be totally destroyed or all the existing piles of rubble get rearranged. https://t.co/mjK57rUZoW

— FNoMTL (@FNoMTL) January 13, 2020

Thankfully, the earthquake was minor — meaning there's no harm in poking fun at the small rumbling that took many by surprise on an otherwise ordinary January morning.