Ok, I want to share this with you: my earthquake experiences:
Jan. 31, 1986: I had my first experience while I was inside the high school (home economics room). I felt the building shaking wildly and thought a student set a bomb inside HS. It was announced that it was an earthquake started in Perry, Ohio.
My 2nd and 3rd experiences in Northern California during my time (2001-2004): I felt very minor shaking. Third was very interesting. I felt like that a huge 18 wheel truck hit the pole so hard, so my ass on the chair was swayed back and forth (I lived in an apt above the garage on college campus). There were four earthquakes in CA during my time, but I felt only two quakes.
My 4th experience in NYC: I was talking to someone via relay service on VP and felt the shake. I was like WTF? I thought something was wrong with the manhole again since Con Ed has been repairing the issues for little over a week. Soon, I got out of that building and checked FB statuses on my iphone. It was earthquake!! Oh, geez!!
WHAT A QUAKE DAY!! 
