My first earthquake........

[mathteach]

Felt it in Bethlehem,PA. I am home alone and at first thought it was my central air exploding. My 2 kitties ran like I have never seen before. They were hiding under the bed.

[jennielynn1970]

I felt it here too, in Allentown, PA. My house shook twice. I didn't know if it was another gas explosion up the street, or if it was indeed a quake. Friends of mine who live out of state said it was a quake in the DC area. I'm just surprised we felt it up here. Guess I didn't think it would travel that far!!

[pomtzu]

Said this one was felt as far away as Martha's Vineyard.

High rise office buildings in Wilmington and Phila have been evacuated as a precaution. Guess they want to check for structural damage, since buildings in this area aren't built to withstand quakes.

Hope there's no aftershocks - can't take this much "excitement"!

DIL just called - she works at the big Walmart distribution center about 5 miles from here. Said some tractor trailers in the lot went over, and they are checking the building for damage. It's a monstrous place in size!

[Donnaj4962]

I didn't feel it here in Fort Wayne, Indiana (northeast IN) but my friends and family said they felt the shaking in Lafayette, IN (my hometown). Lafayette is about an hour northwest of Indianapolis.

Friend who works at Pentagon posted on FB that they evacuated... and were relieved to hear it was ONLY an earthquake! I can only imagine what was going through their heads, especially those who experienced 9/11! She said they had some water line leaks and flooding.

Stay safe everyone. Sounds like it's been a crazy day for Mother Nature: earthquakes and hurricanes!

[Freedom]

I'm just catching up on the news, heard we had 2, both in areas which rarely get them.

Glad you are OK, Ellie!

[Trinityagain]

I work just outside of Pittsburgh and definitely felt it here in my office. We just moved our offices from the 3rd floor of our building up to 11...I want to go back to 3!!!!!!!! Still a little freaked out but calming down now....

[sparks19]

Didn't feel a thing. Brian texted me and said "Holy smokes did you feel that?" feel what? EARTHQUAKE? Oh... Nope didn't feel it. we were on a tractor drawn wagon ride going through a cow pasture when it happened. we were already rocking and shaking more than the ground was lol when he told me I just looked up at the cattle in the field we were in and they were grazing as if nothing happened so I figured there wasn't much to worry about lol

Everyone around the area is talking about it and I have nothing to add because we completely missed it. I know my mom felt it up in Ontario though.

[Asiel]

Said this one was felt as far away as Martha's Vineyard.

High rise office buildings in Wilmington and Phila have been evacuated as a precaution. Guess they want to check for structural damage, since buildings in this area aren't built to withstand quakes.

Hope there's no aftershocks - can't take this much "excitement"!

DIL just called - she works at the big Walmart distribution center about 5 miles from here. Said some tractor trailers in the lot went over, and they are checking the building for damage. It's a monstrous place in size!

Heard on the news that it measured 6.0 - don't know how huge you would consider that, we've never had an earthquake here so I didn't know how to compare it. Hope the "excitement" doesn't wear you out
I'm sure your fur buddies must have felt it, lucky they didn't quake themselves....poor Myndi has enough problems. Hope that's the end of it.

[momcat]

Quite an afternoon this has been! My office building shook, the floor felt like it rippled, and the windows in my office rattled. Phones are not working. We were evacuated and not allowed back inside. After about a half hour a security guard told us if we had anything inside to get it and get right out. From there we were told to leave for the day. When I got home, my neighbor said things really shook on our street. There's no obvious damage but as soon as the phones are back I'll call my landlord just to be sure.

Thank God that there are no serious injuries reported.

[pomtzu]

Hey Eileen - I heard that some vacant buildings in Camden collapsed.

They are also reporting damage to the Washington Monument, and a slight tilt has been detected. Of course, things can get blown out of proportion in the initial stages of reporting, so I guess that remains to be seen.

It was spooky to see my dining room chandelier swinging, and when I went in the kitchen, drawers were hanging open. There's a piece of trim on the edge of the roof hanging loose on one end of the house too, but nothing else that I can find.

[Karen]

I didn't feel it, but it turns out my mum-in-law did, but she just figured it was the construction crew 2 houses down from her!

[happylabs]

Felt it in Bethlehem,PA. I am home alone and at first thought it was my central air exploding. My 2 kitties ran like I have never seen before. They were hiding under the bed.

I am wondering what my cats did. They do not seem to be bothered by thunder and lightning. Wish they could talk so I could ask them about it when I get home.