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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[starmalachite.livejournal.com]

I'm in the DC suburbs of Virginia about 60-75 miles from the epicenter, so it was a lively minute or two.

When it hit, all 4 cats turned to stare at me & telepathically broadcast "How did you DO that!?!?!" Poor Kimba still seems worried I'm mad at him, but the others are over it.

[cellio]

If only you could have timed it to immediately follow a "behave or else!" warning! :-)

Since I wasn't home I have no idea if it woke my cats. (Ok, I don't know that they were sleeping, but it's the way to bet, right?)