earthquake

[cellio]

At first I thought the person next to me, whose desk touches mine, was having a really intense hacking session. Then I realized two things: I wasn't hearing the clickety-clack of keys being pounded upon, and my chair was vibrating. And no, not construction downstairs either, as it turned out. Oh, ok.

This is my second remotely-felt earthquake in this modern office building (third floor). This one was more intense than last year's; when I stood up I felt the floor moving and while I could walk without difficulty, it felt weird. I felt movement for a good two minutes. Weird, for a quake a few hundred miles away, but this one was shallow so it traveled farther (link from thnidu).

Did you feel it? If so, tell USGS and help science (link from siderea).

Time by my watch was 1:56PM (at the start), which is five minutes after the reported time at the epicenter. I'm too lazy to do the math to figure out if that's plausible.

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[jeannegrrl.livejournal.com]

I had a friend and her 2 kids over to play. All 6 kids were in the family room playing Wii and jumping all over the place. We thought the shaking floor and tinkling china was them, until my friend's chair started to move around (it's on wheels) and I felt the jello floor beneath my feet. I thought it was pretty neat. Strong enough to really be felt without being strong enough to cause anything scary to happen...