I am 46 miles from the epicenter, and I woke up to the whole house shaking. At first I thought I would just lay there and wait for it to end, but it seemed to continue forever and get stronger, so I got my robe off the back of the bathroom door and headed downstairs. I think the effect was stronger upstairs! When I got to the bottom of the stairs, my son and a friend of his were there also, with a panic look on their faces! We discussed what we should have done and decided it would have been best to get out of the house! My son thought we should have gone to the basement, but I told him, no if it was the "big one" we would be better to go outside, the house could collapse into the basement, and outside you just need to be aware of power lines falling and craters opening up and swallowing you! But even if it was the "big one", my house would most likely be the last one on the block to collapse. It was built in 1937 and is solid Oak, floors window frames, doors, stairs everything! Even the lathes in the walls are Oak!
At about 10:15 am there was a slight after shock and I was at work. As I was on my way to the shop to see if they felt it back there the phone rang, I answered it and it was the 18 yr old son of our owners asking if I had felt it. I explained to him we could possibly feel after shocks for up to 2 weeks. Then as I was returning to the office the phone rang again, it was my mom, "did you feel that?" yea, yea, what do I look like a really seismograph??? Is this earthquake central??? Then my cell phone rang, it was my husband......"did you feel that???" I sure am glad there were no more today, I would never have gotten anything done!!!!