Actually I'm kinda surprised I didn't notice since it was apparently 5.9 (correction: later changed to 5.8). I rode my bike up to Home Depot (where I finally found baking tiles) and on the way home the traffic was crazy even for DC. Although I could sneak around most of it in my handy-dandy bike lane. When I checked my email and saw the news I learned about the earthquake. I expect that explains the traffic since many people probably left work early. I think that also explains why the elevators in the building are out and I had to carry my bike up the stairs.
The only way I can figure I missed the quake is that it happened while I was riding by Union Station and I just thought the rumbling was another train going by. As you can tell from my complaints I am entirely fine of course.
I did have a nice ride up the Metropolitan Branch Trail though. It is a dedicated bike & walk lane that parallels the railroad. So not very scenic but a good grade most of the time. Home Depot is on Rhode Island Avenue about where the trail crosses it.
If you're wondering, here's the Washington Post article about the earthquake: http://www.washingtonpost.com/earthquake-rattles-washington-area/2011/08/23/gIQATMOGZJ_story.html
-Sarah
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I had a friend email me and say he felt it in his office at Xavier College in Cincinnati. I never would have thought it could carry so far. Maybe you were insulated from feeling it by the shocks on your bike?
Well, my bike doesn't have shocks, but otherwise yeah, it seems likely.
By which I mean I didn't feel it despite the lack of shocks due to being on the bike.
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