I was on the 7th floor of our 7-story downtown DC office building. After a few seconds of vibration, there was a double-pump. Up where I was, the whole room swayed back and forth for a few seconds. My colleagues on the second floor reported more of a thump-thump, but no swaying.
Here are a couple of things I said in the other thread.
1) West coasters, when their building rocks, probably don't first think "massive bomb and we're under attack." Living near DC, working 4 blocks from the White House, 9/11 is always an inch below the surface.
My adrenalin rush came from worrying about what it turned out *didn't* happen. Finding out it was an earthquake was a relief.
That said, I kiddingly posted to FB a photo of a box of magic markers that hit the floor at our house. :)
(But Barry, thanks for sharing your story - much more info than I'd heard about folks closer to the epicenter.)
2) Here's the map showing what you've heard: this thing was felt over an ENORMOUS area.
Now, in this thread, as for Colorado, I think the main quake was the day before. Why doesn't it get as much coverage? Well, consider the affected population size. Pretty much anything felt over 1/4 of the lower 48 is going to be bigger news, and when that 1/4 includes several of our largest cities ...
Besides, I don't think the coverage was about "devastation," but more about how widely it affected people.
Finally, please help the USGS learn by reporting what you feel during any quake: //earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/
(I've felt only one of the aftershocks).
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