tarib

I live in Canton, NY. I was at work and at first we thought it was a rumble of thunder, then thought, could it be an earth quake...no...but sure enough. My husband said the house really shook

cjomomma

Haven't felt the ground shake sense we left CA.

Debbie B

I live in Huber Heights, Ohio and the local news said that the neighboring town of Beavercreek felt it. I didn't feel anything.

SuzzyQ

I was in my sewing room sorting fabric scraps. I heard squeaking and thought there was a bat behind my shelves. Then I realized the shelves were doing a little shimmy and I could feel the floor moving.
I'm in SW Onario

Lisanne

Glad no one seems to be hurt. No one's reporting any damage, either.

rb.

Actually, for those of you used to quakes on the west coast, they are not comparable when you cross the Rockies. The make-up and compression of the earth's crust is so different that the quakes lower on the Richter scale are felt much more severely out this way. What was felt here, well over 500 miles from the epicentre, was as strong as the close 4 I felt out of Seattle in 96 (on the border in BC). You can't compare how earthquakes feel and damage when you are on a different base. That said, it wasn't Haiti, but there was foundation damage a substantial distance from this quake...not like something you'd see in California. Think of it this way...if someone pounds the ground with a sledgehammer five feet from you, what do you feel it more on? Sand or solid rock? We sit on solid rock out here. It's called the Canadian Shield, and it's one very big rock.

2livesdown7togo

rb is correct, they feel different to people even when they experience the same thing.

I can feel them at home in Alaska when they are around 3.0, usually hear it before I feel it. One day thought a car had slammed into the house.

But I felt a 4.4 when I lived in San Diego and to me it was about the same as the smaller one in Alaska.

Part of the year I spend in Nevada, I never feel them even though they are usually close to me.

oksewglad

Which means you have an earthquake everyday at your house!!

ForestHobbit

yep, over 7.0 gets your attention, cause it makes you look funny when you try to walk . BTW earth quakes only come along occassionaly while you other guys get tornado's, hurricanes, floods every year, and the city of New Orleans is below sea level. What's a little shakin compared to those "experiences"?

sueisallaboutquilts

I am just now hearing about it- from you :D