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I hadn't particularly been looking forward to the chance to fill out the "Did you feel it?" form at http://www.usgs.gov. Yes, new experiences and all that, and it could have been a lot worse.
I'm fine, everyone here is fine, and that's the first earthquake I can remember feeling. I've slept through a few, on the 2.8 or 3.1 level, but 5.9 is about 1000 times as strong as those.
After I filled out the relevant parts of the "did you feel it" form, and looked at the other information on the USGS website, I passed some information on to my coworkers (the basic "5.8, down in Virginia" that was all I had that soon) and tried to reassure a few people. I showed one woman a map suggesting that the epicenter hadn't been too close to her relative in Virginia Beach, and told someone else that when a geologist says something serious might happen at Yellowstone "soon" that doesn't mean "expect it in our lifetimes."
I had felt my chair move, and realized after a moment what it was; unlike some of my coworkers, I didn't look up and notice the lights swaying. Nor was I tempted to evacuate the building, even before the fire safety director came over the PA system to tell anyone who hadn't noticed that there had been an earthquake, and that we were safe where we were. (One of my coworkers managed to miss both the quake and the announcement; he must have good headphones.)
I'm fine, everyone here is fine, and that's the first earthquake I can remember feeling. I've slept through a few, on the 2.8 or 3.1 level, but 5.9 is about 1000 times as strong as those.
After I filled out the relevant parts of the "did you feel it" form, and looked at the other information on the USGS website, I passed some information on to my coworkers (the basic "5.8, down in Virginia" that was all I had that soon) and tried to reassure a few people. I showed one woman a map suggesting that the epicenter hadn't been too close to her relative in Virginia Beach, and told someone else that when a geologist says something serious might happen at Yellowstone "soon" that doesn't mean "expect it in our lifetimes."
I had felt my chair move, and realized after a moment what it was; unlike some of my coworkers, I didn't look up and notice the lights swaying. Nor was I tempted to evacuate the building, even before the fire safety director came over the PA system to tell anyone who hadn't noticed that there had been an earthquake, and that we were safe where we were. (One of my coworkers managed to miss both the quake and the announcement; he must have good headphones.)
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