# Did you feel the quake and where are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807 "2011-08-23T18:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/1 "2011-08-23T18:27:03Z")
I am in Michigan and did not . ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/2 "2011-08-23T18:28:10Z")
Bethesda, MD. Rattled my building pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/3 "2011-08-23T18:29:23Z")
Herndon, VA, did feel it. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/4 "2011-08-23T18:29:37Z")
Reported for forum change. ---
**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:** [August 23, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/5 "2011-08-23T18:37:48Z")
Burlington, VT. Felt a definite sustained rocking. ---
**Author:** ![Any\_Other\_Name](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@Any\_Other\_Name](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Any_Other_Name)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/6 "2011-08-23T18:43:12Z")
Huntington NY one story office building shook for about 10 seconds, shook hard enough to make me feel a little queasy. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/7 "2011-08-23T18:44:18Z")
Also Huntington, NY - on 2nd floor - shook enough to send me running. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/8 "2011-08-23T18:44:32Z")
Sullivan County, New York, didn’t notice anything. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/9 "2011-08-23T18:45:21Z")
NYC - definitely a little shaking. Hard to believe the epicenter is Mineral, Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/10 "2011-08-23T18:45:57Z")
Albany, NY - definitely. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/11 "2011-08-23T18:46:09Z")
On a subway platform in Queens NY. The whole damned thing shook for quite a few seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/12 "2011-08-23T18:46:51Z")
Central NJ - Yes, I felt it. My building lightly shook for approximately 10 seconds. My mom’s in Maryland, and freaking out. :rolleyes: Some of her glass jars fell off of shelves and broke. She said her apartment building was shaking for at least 30 seconds. My sister, who works for the VA in DC, had to evacuate the office building. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/13 "2011-08-23T18:50:23Z")
Suburban Charlotte, NC. Thought it was the train. It wasn’t. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/14 "2011-08-23T18:51:06Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > On a subway platform in Queens NY. The whole damned thing shook for quite a few seconds. I would hate to be on an elevated platform in a real quake. I’m in Astoria and I’m pretty sure the N line is held up with spit and toilet paper. ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/15 "2011-08-23T18:53:27Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Herndon, VA, did feel it. Same here - across from the clocktower on centerville road. My building shook. We could see the lights moving and feel the floor moving. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/16 "2011-08-23T18:55:53Z")
Didn’t feel it. Rockingham County, southern New Hampshire. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/17 "2011-08-23T18:57:57Z")
Very noticeable in Columbus, Ohio. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/18 "2011-08-23T19:03:14Z")
I’m closer to the epicenter than many who felt it, but it was quite minor here. There must be some geological isolation or insulation in these mountains that didn’t transmit as much as it did up and down the Piedmont. > [@Crotalus](#): > > Very noticeable in Columbus, Ohio. Now that’s weird. You’re on the _other_ side of the mountains. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/19 "2011-08-23T19:04:21Z")
Felt pretty strongly in Sterling, VA. Not far from Herndon. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/20 "2011-08-23T19:05:45Z")
Moved to IMHO from General Questions. I know this question can be answered with simple facts (I was in NYC and I felt it), but this is more about personal experiences. So IMHO it is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807.md?page=2)