Haha sounds funny now, Steve, but I can imagine it was scary at the time. At least you had the presence of mind to do something. My whole damn house was shaking for about 10-15 seconds and I kind of just stood around in my hallway like a jackass as my dog came sprinting up the stairs towards me and then, likely sensing any lack of action on my part and utter uselessness in the situation, took off for the nearest bedroom.

I know our quake experiences pale in comparison to anything major but for people who have never experienced one before, it can be quite jarring. I honestly wasn't 100% sure it was a quake (gas explosion, plane crash, Al Qaeda came to mind) until I jumped on Twitter and saw Hunter Pence mention that the whole Phillies locker room was just shaken by an earthquake, haha.

Good read and thanks for posting!

LMAO. I hear ya man. Was just a freak thing, never would have expected it. Hope I don't have to experience it ever again.

I'm in South Jersey and didn't feel a thing but yet my Dad in the same house said he felt it...Weird.

Its just good to read everyone is ok. I also find it kinda crazy that Colorado had a slight earthquake in the southeast corner of the state. I am from there, and never in a million years did i ever think THAT would happen.

Yeah, I was freaking out as everything in the house shook. At first I thought it was a plane or helicopter flying over very closely to the ground. Then I checked facebook to see thousands of statuses confirming the earthquake.

I grew up a lot in VA. my mom told me today they were affected. I didn't even know it happened ( guess I should watch news and quit checking on 2k news). It was crazy to hear of something like that happening on the east coast. weird. what's next water spout in AZ?

Yeah here in NYC the building that I was in started shaking and swaying...freaked out EVERYBODY!!!

Yeah I live in North Jersey and my table started moving and my water had the "jurassic park" ripples going through it. My chair started jumping I didn know what was happening. I laughed it off earlier but all day i've been pondering "will this happen again" and "what if it does and its worse"

Steve I gotta tell ya when the first tremor hit, I was in staff meeting and thought that a plane had crashed into our building with the close proximity of BWI airport to our building.When the second one hit, the building literally shook as if it was in blender. I'm so grateful that no one was hurt but it's an experience that I hope never to repeat

Damn..seems like people on the east are scared ****less right now..

Yeah I've been out to California a few times and hoped to feel a minor one out there but never have. Ofcourse, I don't own anything out there either.

I live in NC and work in VA and we definitely felt it. Not too common around these parts. Bad thing is, I work in a warehouse where furniture is weighing 500 lbs. is stacked 4 high. On my breaks, I walk laps to try to get back in shape!!! Guess what time my break was and when the quake hit!!!

Yeah im in North Carolina and I never felt an earthquake here. Until yesterday, it was so weird

PPl down here are funny. The ground shook, mildly, for about 30 seconds. Now, I know it's a new experience for many of us, but ppl around here were acting like it was a 7.O on the Richter Scale. I know north of the epicenter got it a lot worse than we did south of it. But I thought it was a little ridiculous. This should sum it up perfectly...

http://www.break.com/index/58-magnit...-coast-2121265

I'm in southern VA and my house made some cracking sounds, but I later found out it was the earthquake now all of us in eastern VA and NC are watching out for Irene.

don't worry guys next year (2012) we all get to experience an earthquake when the world ends