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First Earthquake

There was a 5.6 magnitude quake about nine miles north of San Jose last night. To us, sitting in our living room about 40 miles away, it first felt like the neighbors were throwing furniture around. Then we realized that the bookshelf was rocking back and forth, and then a look at vertical blinds confirmed that something larger was going on. By the time I was able to say out loud "It's an earthquake", it was over. It felt like the entire building was undulating. A very unsettling feeling indeed.

We didn't even have anything fall off a shelf, though coworkers of mine who live further south were up late cleaning up the damage.

First one's free, I guess.