We were sitting in the livingroom of our apartment condo, watching a baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Seattle Mariners, when Ms. Eclectic suddenly said, with some concern in her voice,
The building is shaking!
To tell the truth, because of some recent ailments and because I was unable to hop out of the recliner quickly, I didn't feel the shaking at first. And as I stood up, I couldn't tell whether there was some shaking or it was just me. Then I looked at the hanging lights over our dining room table, and they were swaying back and forth a few inches each way.
It flashed through my mind that there might be a fault with the building or maybe the nearby trains or construction were causing the shaking. I confess to feeling some concern at that point.
Within less than ten seconds, though, we noticed the sportscasters in Cleveland were commenting that their booth was shaking. So we realized it was most likely an earthquake. Then I went on Facebook (which seems to disseminate news much more quickly than the major media) and sure as shootin' learned from Eric and Ted that Washington, DC had been affected by an earthquake.
It was very minor here, not unlike one I felt in London maybe 30 years ago. But it sure was widespread.