Comments on: I Felt The Earth Move Under My Feet

By: Lauren Conkle

Lauren Conkle — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:30:35 +0000

Here in Washington PA, I felt nothing. I don’t understand why some people felt the quake and some didn’t.

By: Rob Protz

Rob Protz — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:26:50 +0000

I was home on the 7th floor of my building when the temblor hit. Odd sensation of being off-balance, and then I looked and the lampshade on the corner lamp was swaying, so I knew right away what it was. A lot of people on the ground or at ground level here in the AK Valley didn’t feel it, but even the slightest elevation above ground seems to have made it perceptible.

I went to Katz Plaza (downtown Pgh) that evening, and George Jones (that’s George C. Jones!) the conga player with Salsamba said “Yeah we got our bell rung this afternoon; that was just to remind us Who’s in charge!” And btw, Salsamba was fabulous as usual!

By: Josh

Josh — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:36:48 +0000

We felt it here in Lancaster PA. I’d say it was somewhere in-between your experience and your sister’s, which I suppose makes since geographically speaking. This wasn’t the first earthquake I’d experienced, since we’ve had a local one here within the last couple years. I think that little ones like this a a great way to “shake up” the daily routine!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:30:12 +0000

Does anyone else wonder what the earthquake may have done to the structural integrity of all those marcellus well casings or the underground pipelines?

By: J

Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:21:43 +0000

Was definitely strange. I was sitting at my desk when all of a sudden I could feel my chair moving under me. First I thought it was coming from the boiler room which is located right below my first floor apartment, but then I realized that the vibration was totally different from the one the boilder produces on occasion. Then I thought a big truck was going by on Centre Avenue, but it would’ve had to have been the quietest truck in the world as I didnT hear any significant noise. I could also feel it through my desk and my computer monitor was shaking slightly as was my printer which made a slight rattling noise.

I wonder what the reaction of all the freshmen moving in at Pitt and their families was.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:23:09 +0000

I was cutting the grass and oblivious to the earthquake, but my husband felt it at his desk in our house in the north hills. Back in the 80s, I worked at the Cathedral of Learning, on the 17th floor. A small earthquake occurred in a neighboring state, and I experienced it first as a rumbling sound, then the glass doors on my bookcase started rattling and I felt nauseous. What an odd sensation.

By: Donna

Donna — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 19:34:07 +0000

We felt it here in Murrysville too – first time for me!