Georgetowners feel Friday morning's earthquake

Did you feel the 3.6 magnitude earthquake this morning? If not, some of your more sensitive neighbors did feel the quake that hit north of D.C. at about 5 a.m. this morning.

"I happened to get out of bed about 5:00 am and was standing up when I felt the room vibrate in an odd way, accompanied by a very deep rumbling noise," one perceptive Georgetown resident wrote on the georgetownforum listserv. "I thought that maybe there had been an explosion somewhere in the city, but when I did  not hear any sirens after a while I began to think I had imagined it.  When I saw the DC Alert message about the earthquake and the time at which it occurred, I knew that was what I had experienced."

Wrote another, "I felt it too! Bed shook and I heard the rumble, and I thought, we're actually having an earthquake! Then I thought I must be dreaming and went back to sleep."

The Gtown Saucer didn't feel it—guess our skin isn't as princess-and-the-pea-like. Elsewhere in the D.C. blogosphere, City Desk has survival tips for you to follow the next time a record-breaking earthquake strikes in the D.C. area. DCist, meanwhile, said the earthquake wasn't that big of a deal. But it's a big enough deal for BGR The Burger Joint to sell half-price shakes (get it?) from 3 - 4, and for Young & Hungry to run a tempting post-quake-milkshake roundup.