It happened today to me, at about 4 pm: I simply noted that it was happening in the blog entry I was making, and enjoyed the ride. What's wrong with me?

Here's the Emergency Report:

EARTHQUAKE REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BLACKSBURG VA
447 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2003

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT OVER CENTRAL VIRGINIA. MINOR DAMAGE HAS
BEEN REPORTED FROM FLOYD AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES NORTHEAST INTO
CENTRAL VIRGINIA. ITEMS HAVE FALLEN OFF WALLS WITH NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF PEOPLE FEELING THE GROUND SHAKING.

ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER...THE
EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 359 PM EST...CENTERED 30 MILES WEST OF
RICHMOND VIRGINIA. PRELIMINARY MAGNITUDE IS 4.5 AND WAS FELT OVER
PARTS OF VIRGINIA...NORTH CAROLINA...AND MARYLAND.

ALL INFORMATION ON THIS STATEMENT IS TO BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY.
UPDATES MAY BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE... FROM
THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.

The epicenter was about 35 miles from my house.
Yeehaa!

I'm reminded of a really big earthquake that happened back when I was in med school, in LA: it woke me up around 4 am, 'cause my water bed started rocking really strongly. My girlfriend woke up too, frightened to death.

I looked at the clock and said, "hey, too early," and went back to sleep before my long day of classes starting at 8 am. Later, Mary Jane told me she lay there awake and petrified the whole time.