It’s funny. When I was working in the San Francisco Bay area in 1989, I held a first-ever earthquake preparedness and safety meeting right before the Loma Prieta earthquake hit and because of that ended up getting quite an honor from the agency I worked with at the time.
Well, I was under my desk with my tutee/ age 9, trying to be cool and not scream, etc. In San Marino, south of Pasadena a bit. My husband called from San Diego, he had felt it down there too. Rolled TOO LONG but nothing broke. I could tell it came from the east. And you never know, with EQs, whether the S waves that follow the initial jolt will get stronger or peter out. And I could not exactly tell if the quake was still going on or whether it was just ME shaking.
Beats tornados tho, I think.
You have excellent instincts and timing, ZGuy. That’s worthy of many awards! :)