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I live in MD and the one time an earthquake hits I miss it because we’re on the freeway in the mountains! We heard about it up there and thought “that’s odd, we never get earthquakes that strong here.” Then it occurred to me that nukes can cause earthquakes, so we turned on the radio and the first thing we hear is “evacuations in downtown DC,” and we’re going “oh crap” until we hear that it was actually a natural earthquake. We came home to discover stuff knocked off desks and bulletin boards and opened drawers (and freaked-out cats!). USGS says it may cause more quakes in the next few days too, and Hurricane Irene is supposed to hit the Chesapeake on Sunday, so it’s possible we might get an earthquake and a hurricane on the same day. Talk about the Perfect Storm...

Meanwhile, all of California must be laughing at us for our over-frenzied reaction to a tiny 5.9 quake.

Best tweet about the quake: As all of DC leaves work at the same time, the United States experiences a brief economic recovery

my favorite quote of the day so far, Philly area newsbunny saying with breathless emphasis over the radio,

“yes this area DOES have tectonic plates!”

I’m relieved, actually to think I’m not on a part of the earth that’s suspended over nothing

Meanwhile, all of California must be laughing at us for our over-frenzied reaction to a tiny 5.9 quake.

And the Alaskans laugh at us Kalifornians and the Japanese laugh at the Alaskans. You just probably do not want to be the one who gets in the last laugh.

Meanwhile, all of California must be laughing at us for our over-frenzied reaction to a tiny 5.9 quake.

Well, it was fun. But I realize that your building don't have the reinforcement that ours have. Brick buildings, without being reinforced, are deadly.