i'm a few miles north of Mexico City this week, and yesterday at about 12 noon local time we got swayed a bit by the 6.4 quake that was centered about 200 miles SSW of here. at first i thought someone was leaning on the back of my chair, but when i looked outside i could see relative motion between my building and the one next door. no damage and no injuries here.
We've had a few smallish ones here in central Indiana over the last 10 years. By the time you realize what it is, it's usually over!
Exciting, isn't it? We had a little tremor in NC a few years ago. Just enough to make stuff rattle, but it was the biggest earthquake I ever hope to have to endure. 
First one I was in, my mom yelled at me for running in the house. I calmly told her I was right there.... it was an earthquake.
That one was a biggie- the tallest mountain in Idaho went up 3 feet that morning.
Ig you have house pets, you notice them getting extremely anxious about 15-20 minutes before it happens. Seen it twice.... it's so odd how they know but we don't.
The first earthquake I actually noticed when I lived in southern California was in the middle of the night. The dog was barking or something, woke me up, yelled at dog, realized the house way moving, went to garage, verified X19 was still on jack stands went back to bed.
stafford1500 wrote: The first earthquake I actually noticed when I lived in southern California was in the middle of the night. The dog was barking or something, woke me up, yelled at dog, realized the house way moving, went to garage, verified X19 was still on jack stands went back to bed.
Spoken like a true car guy. "House is shaking, barn's on fire and there's a meteorite coming at us. Better check the car." 
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