The office is abuzz after a nice 5.8 5.4 magnitude earthquake. The epicenter was about 30 miles away from here. The building shook steadily for several seconds and, sadly, the stack of coins on my desk collapsed.

Here’s the detailed info.

Magnitude: 3.1, about 3 miles away. Wheeee!

After a year of living in California and waiting patiently, we finally had an earthquake big enough for me to feel it!

This morning while sitting at my computer, I sort of felt a little hop followed by a couple stronger bounces as my house shook. It felt like I was sitting on a trampoline and someone else jumped on it.

I just sat back and enjoyed the ride. My roommate, Kevin, continued eating cereal on the couch. Meanwhile, at her house, Tara (who knows better than Kevin or I do) said she ran for cover. She said sometimes when they start off like that, they get a lot worse. This, however, didn’t last more than a second or two. Today’s earthquake was 4.7 on the Richter scale and the epicenter was about 20 miles east of here.