TAMPA, Fla. -- Seismologists said there could be aftershocks from the strong 6.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked parts of Florida, Sunday. The quake was centered about 300 miles southwest of Orlando. There were no damage reports, but many people, including some Orange County firefighters, said they felt the tremor.

The crew at a local fire station was just getting done with breakfast when the shaking all started. Within the walls of Orange County Fire Station number 20, the talk is usually about football or fire and rescues, but since Sunday it's all been about the quake.

"We definitely felt it, definitely heard it," said Dan McCarthy.

The firefighters probably felt the shaking a little more then everyone else. Their station, after all, is in a mobile home.

"I thought somebody had fallen in the backroom. I had no idea it was en earthquake," McCarthy said.

There was no damage to the station or anywhere else for that matter, but 911 dispatchers around Central Florida got all kinds of calls as people wondered why the earth was shaking.

The magnitude 6.0 earthquake rattled rooms and shook beds across the southeast U.S. It was centered 250 miles south-southwest of Apalachicola, Fla.

UCF professor Dan Britt said Florida tremors are rare but not unheard of.

"It's something you wouldn't expect every year, every 10 years, maybe in multiple decades, so if you felt it, feel lucky," said Britt.

This certainly won't be remembered as a great quake, but for Floridians, it'll take a long time to forget.

The quake also came as a surprise to many people in Lake County. In Clermont, Maureen Moore said she rushed to protect her delicate china when she felt the tremors.

"It scared the bloody hell outta me," Moore said. "If it wasn't for the collection, I was ready to run."

Maureen's husband, James, went outside to see if the tremors left any cracks in the home, since the outside had been recently painted. He didn't find any damage.

Only 27 earthquakes have ever been felt in Florida, according to records stretching all the way back to 1727. Scientists said Sunday's quake was not centered on a known fault line, however geologists did record an earthquake in the same place seven months ago. It was a 5.2 magnitude quake on February 10.