# 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:** 16\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/81 "2011-08-23T23:00:48Z")
phila., pa and yes. i was in a bathroom and thought it was a bit of vertigo. when i went into the hall a woman came out of the office and asked “did you feel that?” 2 guys came out of their office and said “yes”. i said, “must be an earthquake then” and went to the usgs web site. there is an earthquake code to the buildings here, so the skyscrapers are rather safe. there were a few cracks in some of the glass in buildings, the coating held and the glass didn’t fall. most of the houses are in the 100 year range and don’t have the same codes as the newer ones, so that can be a bit worrysome. the shimmy that the big buildings do is a good thing, although people do get a bit unsettled when they do. building management always gets calls about sway and creaking during high winds, today it seems most office workers went straight to “forget the phone, leave the building!” irene coming up the coast could be way more trouble. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/82 "2011-08-23T23:02:32Z")
> [@moi](#): > > Baltimore, MD, and felt the shaking, had glasses rattling around for a spell. Followed by my dog rolling on the ground and growling at the floor. lol! i love the fact that your puppy gave the ground “what for”! you tell them, pup, there is just no need for that sort of behaivour! ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/83 "2011-08-23T23:28:38Z")
Rocky Mount, NC: yes. Wake Forest, NC: Mom felt it. ---
**Author:** ![goldmund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a4c791/32.png) [@goldmund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/goldmund)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/84 "2011-08-23T23:35:43Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Maybe we’re on a fault line or something. They felt it in Troy, but some other local towns didn’t feel it at all. It’s weird. My dad felt nothing over in Stephentown. Definitely felt it here in NJ. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2011, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/85 "2011-08-23T23:39:02Z")
New Mexico and I didn’t feel a thing. But we had a 5.3 on the Colorado border last night and I didn’t feel that one either, so maybe I’m just not as sharp as I used to be. ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/86 "2011-08-24T00:22:15Z")
Santa Barbara, California, and I didn’t feel anything. (As you might find unsurprising.) In fact, it seems that many of you have just experienced a bigger earthquake that I ever have. It doesn’t seem like this quake was too bad, but I hope everyone is well. ---
**Author:** ![Sally\_Mander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@Sally\_Mander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sally_Mander)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/87 "2011-08-24T00:54:03Z")
Definitely felt it in Baltimore. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/88 "2011-08-24T01:04:43Z")
Boston. Tall building. We definitely felt it, maybe 8-10 seconds long. ---
**Author:** ![Scubaqueen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@Scubaqueen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scubaqueen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/89 "2011-08-24T01:28:43Z")
far north side, indianapolis, in. i didn’t feel a thing while sitting outside at a mcallister’s deli, but coworkers in our house-of-cards office building about a mile away say they did. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/90 "2011-08-24T03:57:41Z")
East of Columbus, Ohio. I felt it. My table started rocking back and forth. ---
**Author:** ![moi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@moi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moi)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/91 "2011-08-24T16:21:55Z")
> [@rocking\_chair](#): > > lol! i love the fact that your puppy gave the ground “what for”! you tell them, pup, there is just no need for that sort of behaivour! Truth. She is easily disgruntled and/or miffed, so this didn’t surprise me a bit. Due to all the urban legends about animals sensing natural disasters, folks on my FB page assumed she was predicting aftershocks, but she’s 0-for-10 so far in this regard. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/92 "2011-08-24T16:36:54Z")
NJ. Yep. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/93 "2011-08-24T17:23:59Z")
Springfield, Illinois. No idea there had been an earthquake until I head about it on the news. Disappointing, really. On a somewhat-related note: I’ve lived through a few earthquakes, but I’ve only actually _felt_ two of them. The first was my first night in Kashiwazaki, Japan. I felt as if someone had laid a vibrator next to me on my bed- the feeling lasted for maybe 5 seconds. The second was the Mt. Carmel, IL earthquake, and resulting aftershock, in 2007-ish. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/94 "2011-08-24T21:31:15Z")
Near Boston, MA. Husband felt it at the hospital he works at. I didn’t feel it at the university I work at. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2011, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/95 "2011-08-24T23:30:28Z")
Charleston, WV. Was sitting in my recliner with our cat in my lap, and the only way I knew something was going on was my iced tea was “rocking” back and forth in the glass very, very slightly. I felt a light “wiggly” feeling but nothing else. Kitty didn’t even wake up from her nap! ---
**Author:** ![BetsQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/fbc32d/32.png) [@BetsQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BetsQ)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807/96 "2011-08-25T05:28:09Z")
I was in the Old Navy dressing room in Bethesda, MD, just outside of DC. It was very noticeable and really worried other people at the mall. My son was out playing in the woods and he didn’t notice a thing. I’ve felt three aftershocks, including one just now. I love the USGS site, where I can confirm that I’m not imagining things! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-feel-the-quake-and-where-are-you/593807.md?page=4)