A Short Sharp Knock

I was lounging in my chaise last night watching Dancing with the Stars or the Olympics or both and I felt a sharp shove and my TV made a cracking sound like someone had knocked into it and it was settling back into its supports. I held my breath for a second anticipating doom and destruction like I do when I feel an earthquake but nothing else came. There was a 2.5 one a bit northeast of me at 11:44pm. That may have been it.

The first time I felt an earthquake was back when I was living with a couple from church and their daughter was over with her dogs. My bed there was pretty high and cushy. All of a sudden it felt like something was pushing up against the side of the bed, like the dogs had somehow gotten into my bedroom and wanted up on the bed. The rolling sensation went on for several seconds. I jumped up and ran to the doorway. Everyone else was huddling in doorways too. We immediately turned on the TV to see the news about it. It felt like a little celebration.

The building I work in is quite old and has seismic retrofitting. I work on the 5th floor and my office is right on the outside wall and I've felt a couple quakes where it feels like the building is swaying back and forth.