Earthquake in Somerville

[tiggrstaar.livejournal.com]

Anyone else just feel the earthquake in Somerville? Was my first ever and wasn't sure what was happening at first but probably pretty mild. Just curious if anyone else experienced it also.

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[andorus.livejournal.com]

I was at work in Waltham, on the 3rd floor, and it felt like a cross between a pop, thump, and bang. It was abrupt, like somebody had dropped something heavy or a cannon had gone off (without the long-lasting echo). I've felt longer quakes in Japan before and this was nothing like those, so I didn't recognize it for what it was at first.

Anecdote: I'd gone to a talk at the Weston Observatory last year about recording the audio (the impact of shockwaves with the air) of quakes, and they had a recording of a rather dull meeting in some city that was interrupted by a similar quake, which made the guy leading said meeting jump and swear really loudly. ;)

So exciting! Our planet is incredible. Earthquakes really can happen everywhere--not just at obvious plate boundaries or major fault lines.