OT - Earthquake in the DC Area 3.5 5 AM Friday Morning

[valhalla]

I was in my Arlington office and I felt nothing.  It was south of Gaithersburg, MD - Helen, did you feel it?  Paul - you guys feel it on your side of town.  Anyway, lots of phone calls, but that is it.

[Annette]

An earthquake again?

[valhalla]

An earthquake again?

Washington DC, about 9 hours south of Rochester, NY

[Donna]

I was in my Arlington office and I felt nothing.  It was south of Gaithersburg, MD - Helen, did you feel it?  Paul - you guys feel it on your side of town.  Anyway, lots of phone calls, but that is it.

Wow Janet!

Earthquake rattles Maryland early this morning
Homes shake and wake residents up early morning

Montgomery County, MD - The DC area and parts of Maryland have been shaken by a minor earthquake early this morning. The quake hit at 5:04 a.m. EDT and had a magnitude of 3.6.

ABC2 News has been flooding with calls into the newsroom. We are a photographer out talking to people who felt the earthquake. A lot of people have felt the earthquake in Carroll County, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City.

The quake was centered in the Rockville, Md., area said Randy Baldwin, a physicist with U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center.

Gloria Jackson, a police communications supervisor for the Montgomery County Police Department, said the department has gotten numerous calls about the earthquake, but that no injuries or significant property damage had been reported as of 5:35 a.m.

[Tokira]

This is the topic I've been waiting for...
I was suddenly awake and heard what sounded like a distant explosion or sonic boom.  However, distant explosions and sonic booms don't move my bed, or cause stuff to audibly shift.  "Hmmm", I thought, looking at the clock, "0505, earthquake", and went back to sleep.  I feel so vindicated 
Carol
about 50 miles Northwest of DC, in Jefferson County, WV

[valhalla]

This is the topic I've been waiting for...
I was suddenly awake and heard what sounded like a distant explosion or sonic boom.  However, distant explosions and sonic booms don't move my bed, or cause stuff to audibly shift.  "Hmmm", I thought, looking at the clock, "0505, earthquake", and went back to sleep.  I feel so vindicated 
Carol
about 50 miles Northwest of DC, in Jefferson County, WV

Apparently, it was about a mile south of Germantown, so you should have felt it.  Glad I could help make your day