# Did we just have an earthquake? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803 "2011-08-23T17:55:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/201 "2011-08-25T11:00:43Z")
I haven’t felt any of the aftershocks, but it does look like the 2 larger ones occurred as I slept. That’s fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![bobkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c67d28/32.png) [@bobkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobkitty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/202 "2011-08-25T12:38:43Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > BIG shake just occurred! Yup, felt that one. Haven’t felt the other reported aftershocks. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/203 "2011-08-25T14:50:51Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > It’s theoretically possible that crack was already there. I think we would have heard about it. Us Washingtonians are pretty serious about that particular building. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/204 "2011-08-25T15:18:08Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > Just had a nice little aftershock… Felt that. Wasn’t sure if it was me or the floor. > [@Biotop](#): > > BIG shake just occurred! Didn’t notice that one but I was in bed by then. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Mapp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miss_mapp/32/369_2.png) [@Miss\_Mapp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Mapp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/205 "2011-08-25T18:08:50Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > I haven’t felt any of the aftershocks, but it does look like the 2 larger ones occurred as I slept. That’s fine by me. I didn’t feel these night-quakes either–and from previous experience, I know that earthquakes tend to wake me up. ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/206 "2011-08-25T22:54:09Z")
The one just after 1am did wake me up. It wasn’t much. The bed just shook gently for a few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/207 "2011-08-26T03:40:58Z")
If you’re interested in this sort of thing, there is a nice little app for the iPhone & iPad called Tectonic, which shows earthquakes (and optionally volcanoes, tornadoes, and hurricanes) around the world. Right now it’s showing the Virginia earthquake and aftershocks, a 2.8 in the West, a 4.6 near Denver, as well as the usual near-continuous activity in California, Alaska, and elsewhere around the Pacific rim. ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/208 "2011-08-26T04:00:58Z")
DC area here. Didn’t feel the aftershocks early in the morning, but WHOA NELLIE! The first one in the afternoon was huge. I live in a 30+ yo building on the 13th floor. At first, I thought the rumbling was more construction from the unit above. When my fridge started to move, I figured it out. I could swear that the building was moving A LOT. My friend on the 5th floor says he didn’t notice it as much. I guess height really is a factor. ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/209 "2011-08-26T11:47:37Z")
Anyone else feeling some small aftershocks now, in the last few minutes? Ever since the quake, I’ve been feeling a lot of little vibrations and thinking that they’re seismic. I don’t know if there have been a lot of weak aftershocks, of I’ve just been hypervigilant and interpreting vibrations from wind, passing helicopters and such as aftershocks. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803/210 "2011-08-26T12:04:53Z")
Please note, that in Washington DC, the School Without Walls is closed for earthquake damage. I am not making this up. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-we-just-have-an-earthquake/593803.md?page=10)