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Originally Posted by dukedg
I work in the Embarcadero Center and I totally felt the first one but not the second (I was still at the work for the second). Being on the 19th floor is somewhat disconcerting in an earthquake!
I hope these are quakes that are reducing the tension on the Hayward fault. I believe the Hayward fault is the one they think is over due for the big one  |
I am just South of Market near the Embarcadero on the 15th floor. We really shook yesterday afternoon. I think it may have had more to do with our building being on springs. In other words, the building did what it was suppose to do during an earthquake – give and take. But like you noted, it was quite disconcerting.
For the second quake last night, I was seated in a chair with little roller wheels. My chair "lurched" across the floor maybe a foot. While it wasn’t much, when you add the "sounds" of an earthquake (i.e. house and/or foundation moving, windows rattling, etc.), and knowing about the quake from earlier in the day, I admit I was on edge for a while. And any little creak or sound got my adrenaline pumping a tad.