# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/21 "2011-08-23T19:07:57Z")
[News link about quake.](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/23/quake-hits-near-washington-d-c/) ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/22 "2011-08-23T19:11:36Z")
SE Michigan, sitting on my roof taking photos of the guys taking down my huge dead ash tree. Felt nothing. Local news is reporting a few 911 calls about it though. ---
**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, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/23 "2011-08-23T19:12:45Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [News link about quake.](http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/23/quake-hits-near-washington-d-c/) > [@](#): > > And Dominion Generation, which operates the North Anna **nuclear** power station in central Virginia a few miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, is trying to reach operational staff at the plant, according to a company spokesman. Landlines to the plant appear to be down. Don’t much care for the sound of that. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/24 "2011-08-23T19:13:52Z")
Not a thing. Houston, Texas ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/25 "2011-08-23T19:14:13Z")
New York City. Felt it. My building was briefly evacuated. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/26 "2011-08-23T19:22:17Z")
Calgary, AB - I don’t think anyone will be surprised that we didn’t feel it. We never get any earthquakes here. ☹ (I’m actually okay with that.) ---
**Author:** ![KittenKat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kittenkat/32/306_2.png) [@KittenKat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KittenKat)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/27 "2011-08-23T19:24:11Z")
New London, CT. Did not feel it. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/28 "2011-08-23T19:27:21Z")
Morgantown, WV. Inside the building nobody felt anything. As I walked out, shocked pedestrians were asking me if I felt an earthquake. I thought that they were insane. Turned on car radio for a special report about the earthquake. Amazing. ---
**Author:** ![perfectparanoia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@perfectparanoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/perfectparanoia)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/29 "2011-08-23T19:28:14Z")
Toronto. I didn’t feel it but my buds who work in tall buildings did. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/30 "2011-08-23T19:30:36Z")
Boston MA. Definitely felt it. Hanging lights were swaying. Pretty mild though. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/31 "2011-08-23T19:32:01Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Central NJ - Yes, I felt it. My building lightly shook for approximately 10 seconds. I don’t know how we missed it. My husband was in Central Jersey at home, didn’t feel a thing. I was in South Jersey, just over the bridge from Philly where I understand it was very much felt. But I never felt a thing either. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/32 "2011-08-23T19:33:20Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Very noticeable in Columbus, Ohio. Dayton, OH. Didn’t feel anything. ---
**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, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/33 "2011-08-23T19:34:00Z")
My coworker was in her car and didn’t feel it. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/34 "2011-08-23T19:36:46Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I don’t know how we missed it. My husband was in Central Jersey at home, didn’t feel a thing. I was in South Jersey, just over the bridge from Philly where I understand it was very much felt. But I never felt a thing either. Similar experience in Raleigh, NC. My wife called from work to tell me the earthquake shook her building but she was OK. I said, “What earthquake?” ---
**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, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/35 "2011-08-23T19:37:59Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I don’t know how we missed it. My husband was in Central Jersey at home, didn’t feel a thing. I was in South Jersey, just over the bridge from Philly where I understand it was very much felt. But I never felt a thing either. It kind of felt like one of those vibrating chairs in nail salons, but without the sound. By the time my brain connected what I was feeling to the word ‘earthquake’ it was over. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/36 "2011-08-23T19:41:19Z")
College Park, MD. Yes, we felt it. The walls were shaking like crazy and the floor started shifting. We were briefly evacuated, went back inside, then were evacuated again when they discovered structural damage. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/37 "2011-08-23T19:41:20Z")
> [@perfectparanoia](#): > > Toronto. I didn’t feel it but my buds who work in tall buildings did. Yeah, I felt the floor bouncing a bit on the 10th floor of our building. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/38 "2011-08-23T19:43:15Z")
Columbia, Maryland, about thirty minutes from Baltimore. Our house shook hard for several seconds at least. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/39 "2011-08-23T19:44:47Z")
Midtown Manhattan. Didn’t notice a damn thing. ---
**Author:** ![YourAdHere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/65b543/32.png) [@YourAdHere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YourAdHere)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/40 "2011-08-23T19:45:03Z")
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