# Did the Earth move for you, too? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 14, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973 "2002-05-14T05:03:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/1 "2002-05-14T05:03:41Z")
9:58 PM. Just felt an earthquake in Marin. Mild, not to strong if I’m near the epicenter. Anyone get hit harder? ---
**Author:** ![Incubus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c68b51/32.png) [@Incubus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Incubus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/2 "2002-05-14T05:05:37Z")
I was going to post the same thing! I’m in San Jose and there was just a whole lotta shakin goin on! 😉 Wow I haven’t felt a quake like that in a while. Started real slight, like a vibration, then got so hard I almost fell off my chair! Man what a rush. I wonder how it affected the Sharks game right now! ---
**Author:** ![OrganicMatter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/898d66/32.png) [@OrganicMatter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OrganicMatter)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/3 "2002-05-14T05:08:20Z")
Five miles SW of Gilroy was epicenter. I am in Belmont and it was quite noticeable. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/4 "2002-05-14T05:10:30Z")
I’m in Vermont, and I didn’t feel a thing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/5 "2002-05-14T05:10:34Z")
Almost five years in California, and that was the first earthquake I have ever felt! I feel deflowered. ---
**Author:** ![derTintenfisch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7ea924/32.png) [@derTintenfisch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/derTintenfisch)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/6 "2002-05-14T05:15:01Z")
It was definitely strong here in Santa Cruz (my first one, whee!) - announcer at the Sharks game on TV said it was 5 point something? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/7 "2002-05-14T05:15:58Z")
We’re dog sitting for my uncle right now, and Fred started whining a few minutes before the quake hit. Except that my mom also left right before he started. He stopped whining as soon as the quake hit. So was he whining because my mom left, and stopped when the quake scared him? Or did he sense the earthquake coming? Hmm… [sub]Lousy Occam’s Razor[/sub] Channel Two says it was a 5.2, near Gilroy. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/8 "2002-05-14T05:17:29Z")
Yep. Felt it in my dorm room. Quite exciting, really. Kind of a WTF moment. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/9 "2002-05-14T05:20:27Z")
Shise! I heard my shower door rattling and thought my dog was just scratching a flea, but then I _felt_ it. Rock!! ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/10 "2002-05-14T05:22:37Z")
It was very mild here in Memphis. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/11 "2002-05-14T05:24:37Z")
Yep, I felt it pretty strong in Santa Cruz. When I was little, I’d always get freaked out about earthquakes when we took day trips to San Francisco (I was raised in Sacramento). Now I’m living in prime earthquake country. Crazy stuff. This is the first earthquake I’ve felt. Wow. What a rush. I’m glad my sixty year old rotting excuse for a house didn’t fall down. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/12 "2002-05-14T05:38:58Z")
Evidentally I was on the bus when it happened. Them Muni buses can do some crazy stuff… come to think of it, I might’ve felt it, I remember the bus lurching a bit at onemoment, and it didn’t do it at all for the rest of the ride. My SO, in Santa Cruz (represent!) slept through it. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/13 "2002-05-14T05:41:05Z")
It was very mild out here in Concord. Noticable…but I’ve felt bigger from trucks driving past my apartment. Didn’t even wake up my roommate. ---
**Author:** ![Jet\_Black](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecc23a/32.png) [@Jet\_Black](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Black)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/14 "2002-05-14T10:33:17Z")
I didn’t feel a thing. And I was in Oakland. But us Oaklanders are used to playing second fiddle to San Francisco. I guess the quake decided to just skip the “hood”. ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-earth-move-for-you-too/108973/15 "2002-05-14T11:48:13Z")
Odd; Darwin’s Finch and I are in the same town and in my apartment it was a pretty good jolt, although it depends a lot on how old/new your place is; if it’s built near water, etc. I was sitting in my bathroom, reading, when the glass shower doors started doing a clanking dance. Being in that position makes you feel sort of helpless. (Helps you get the job done, though).