Stay safe east coasters! I don't think I've felt one that big since moving out to SF.
Aren't you supposed to stand underneath doorways, or something?
In doorways or under heavy, stable furniture.
IOscaryN, sitting in a room full of cops talking about tactical communication is really making me rethink my contrarian ways.
LA buildings are a lot more earthquake-proof. The last I heard, the only building built to significant seismic standards in Georgia was Vogtle nuclear plant.
Allyson, Twitter won't let me tweet your link - but I did repost on lj.
No one's calls are going through - everyone's calling family and friends at once.
Text are at least a little--I've gotten a text from my BFF, and sent one to her
People felt it here, too. We didn't, in my office, but the news is reporting dozens of calls about it.
My neighbor kindly informed me our houses are still standing.
Frank, we were probably most likely to feel it because my actual office area is on a beam that bridges two buildings across a street. A coworker said, "Am I drunk?? Or did the building just move???" Hee.
Doorframes is what I remember from training as kid. The idea of getting stuck on the stairs terrifies me.
We were out doing errands and didn't feel a thing! Maybe it doesn't like the Philly suburbs.
It happened around two, I'm guessing?