I'm being told by a friend's mom that when I was little I'd experienced a few little earthquakes. Must not have been very strong or memorable because I have no memory of it. This earthquake was a 5.8 magnitude quake in VA but was felt up and down the east coast. It was about 1:45pm. I was in the kitchen getting a drink of water and the big kids were in the living room watching TV. Alexa was taking a nap. For about 45 seconds the cabinet doors shook, the basement door rattled and the floor vibrated. When I eventually figured out what was going on I walked to the kitchen door to check on the kids. They just looked at me and asked what was going on. Nothing traumatic. No scared kids. Fairly quick. A couple minutes later the news was plastered with evacuations of the pentagon and many skyscrapers in the city. Facebook too was littered with status' about the quake. It was definitely not something that happens here often and I'm sure it will be talked about for a few days. Congratulations Alexa! I can now officially say you could sleep thru an earthquake (although about 5 minutes later you were awake)!
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