# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/41 "2011-08-23T19:45:36Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Didn’t feel it. > > Rockingham County, southern New Hampshire. We didn’t feel it in the Lakes region, either. I’m kind of surprised it was felt in Boston and Burlington, VT. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/42 "2011-08-23T19:45:56Z")
Outside of Nashville - didn’t feel anything. StG ---
**Author:** ![what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a5b964/32.png) [@what\_do\_I\_type\_here](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/what_do_I_type_here)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/43 "2011-08-23T19:51:13Z")
Richmond VA, oh yeah I felt it. ---
**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, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/44 "2011-08-23T19:51:20Z")
Wow. Wikipedia’s [list of examples of Richter magnitudes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale#Examples) already lists this one. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/45 "2011-08-23T19:52:56Z")
Niagara Falls, NY–yes, as did several other co-workers. They originally thought it was drilling outside of our office causing the shaking, but I thought it felt more like the one earthquake I’d felt in California. I was surprised to be right about that. ---
**Author:** ![anu-la1979](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@anu-la1979](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anu-la1979)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/46 "2011-08-23T19:53:59Z")
Gaithersburg, MD. Yup! ---
**Author:** ![colonial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/34f0e0/32.png) [@colonial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/colonial)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/47 "2011-08-23T19:54:26Z")
Greensboro NC about 170 miles from the epicenter definitely felt it. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/48 "2011-08-23T19:55:03Z")
North/Central NJ- definitely felt it in my office building. I was wondering why my window blinds were swaying, then I felt my chair moving. Very strange. Texted my wife on the beach in DE; she hadn’t felt it there. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/49 "2011-08-23T19:55:39Z")
Canton MA, nadda. ---
**Author:** ![Ichbin\_Dubist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/50 "2011-08-23T19:55:56Z")
I’m in D.C. I was putting my bike in the car when I had an unnerving sensation, accompanied by the trees shaking as if there was a huge gust of wind, but with no gust of wind. I would have guessed it lasted about 5 seconds. I didn’t realize what had happened when I noticed the light poles wagging back and forth. ---
**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, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/51 "2011-08-23T19:56:48Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > Wow. Wikipedia’s [list of examples of Richter magnitudes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale#Examples) already lists this one. Somebody always has time. [Timesunion.com](http://Timesunion.com) was updated less than five minutes after. And I take it Twitter went apeshit. ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/52 "2011-08-23T19:57:52Z")
I’m in Dun Laoghaire, Ireland and did not. 😛 However I did want to post here that the Lake Anna power plant is fine - it was built to withstand a quake up to the 5.9-6.1 magnitude range and went into automatic shutdown when this one happened. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/53 "2011-08-23T20:00:25Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > Very noticeable in Columbus, Ohio. I’m in Columbus.. Didn’t feel anything. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/54 "2011-08-23T20:03:46Z")
Central Florida and felt nothing. ---
**Author:** ![PaperBlob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/58956e/32.png) [@PaperBlob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaperBlob)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/55 "2011-08-23T20:13:48Z")
**Moorestown, NJ** here, just a few miles from **olivesmarch4th**. We felt it alright - the building swayed pretty good for about 15 seconds, give or take. Most everyone just got up and walked outside when they realized what was going on. It was a little exciting for us earthquake noobs, but not a huge scary deal. ---
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/56 "2011-08-23T20:17:22Z")
felt it pretty good here in Annapolis MD. Building shook for a minute or so. I was walking up a stairwell and there was all sorts of clanging and banging. Got evacuated for about 30 minutes, and then back to work! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/57 "2011-08-23T20:19:33Z")
Boston, did not feel it. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/58 "2011-08-23T20:22:23Z")
I’m in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Didn’t feel a thing. ---
**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, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/59 "2011-08-23T20:24:05Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I take it Twitter went apeshit. I would have defined “apeshit” as Twitter’s default condition, but then again, I don’t tweet. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/60 "2011-08-23T20:26:32Z")
Upstate SC. I felt it sitting at my desk, thought I was imagining things. Coworkers walking around didn’t feel anything. Honestly thought the wobbles were delusional until I checked the news. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807.md?page=4)