Just heard about this earthquake but there's not much information out there just yet. Hope you all in the affected area are okay. Please check in!
Tsunami warning has been cancelled.
Saw this on twitter between two friends (in PA & OR)
PA: "Paul, do you live near the coast"
OR: "Not yet"
I got the shake alert and thought, "This must be a mistake -- we never feel earthquakes here." Then the house started creaking. I moved to the doorway of my office and could feel the swaying. After a minute or so I was concerned enough that I decided to get out of the house. Even on my driveway I could feel the swaying. It was eerie.
I was on the bottom floor of a dormitory at College of the Redwoods when a 7.3 hit off Eureka on November 8, 1980. An experience I will never forget. My daughter is a chemist in a lab in Arcata and this one jolted them pretty strongly, but nothing in the lab fell or broke, which is a good thing with all those chemicals.
The quake I was in is number 4 on this list.
https://www.conservation.ca.gov/index/Pages/CA-big-quakes.aspx