SFist: Did You Feel The Earthquake?

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:33:00 -0800

I was here in SF for the 1989 quake which was a giant one in magnitude compared to this and the 5.1 in 2002 was also more strongly felt. I was fast asleep having hopeful dreams about the Astronaut who wore one pair of disposable diapers driving all the way from Houston to Fla. without stopping, when the room shook and rattled. Very enjoyable way to wake up and no, the astronaut didn't change her diaper this time either. posted by I.D.A.

wsanders

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:18:19 -0800

Out in the E Bay Hills: It woke us up, the house creaked, a dog barked in the night-time. Well, the big one is going to be 1000X more powerful. Think about it.

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:06:26 -0800

Is that video from a display at Good Vibrations?

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:54:15 -0800

So the morning news folks seemed REALLY dissapointed that no one was hurt in a 4.2 shaker! Come on! It's NOT the big one! We LIVE in quake country - and need the little ones to let off the pressure so we don't have another 7.1!

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:16:28 -0800

It woke me up for sure in Oakland. It knocked over and broke a glass candle holder by my bed and a bottle of schnapps in the kitchen so between the shaking, glass breaking, and my cats freaking out, I was really shaken up.

MalcoveMagnesia

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:06:42 -0800

I was wide awake in the middle of the night and felt it right away (I thought it was a fat guy doing aerobics in the upstairs apartment, except we don't have any really fat guys upstairs). Then the rolling went on for at least 5 seconds. I've been living in S.F. for ~15 years and this was the first really jarring one I remember. Freaky!

fancypants

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:47:40 -0800

Apparently it broke a window at a donut shop. Quote of the day comes from U.S. Geological Survey spokeswoman Leslie Gordon, who said “It didn’t interrupt donut production.”

Ginger

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:46:13 -0800

None of the Brits at work even woke up for it! For many, it was their first earthquake and they slept right through it. Me, being a seasoned earthquake enthusiast (and Northridge participant), my body woke me up a few seconds before the earthquake and I enjoyed all 20 seconds of it!

Cement Brunette

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:43:32 -0800

I hate to say it, but that little Jell-o Coit tower looks like a stubby little penis when it flops around like that.

reaubhat

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:20:28 -0800

I woke up, bolted out of bed, and ran for the door. Then, without glasses and in the middle of the night I just stood there questioning my sanity. Nothing was swaying or knocked over and my cat was just staring at me with a wtf expression. I thought I had just made it up until I received saw SFist this morning.

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:16:52 -0800

I don't remember feeling it, but I woke up right at that time....so I guess I must have felt it in my sleep.

guest

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:05:11 -0800

It was an unmistakable earthquake here in Oakland. Rather frightening, luckily nothing toppled over at my place.

bedorable

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:51:18 -0800

My husband thought it was the cats trying to break down the bedroom door. (One of them is really fat.)