I felt last night's earthquake. Did it make the news where you are?

@TheHorse (220107)
Walnut Creek, California
January 4, 2018 9:40am CST
I had just woken from a dream when last night's earthquake hit. I did feel it, though it wasn't as strong, nor as long, as some others I have felt here. The strange thing is that I "predicted" it. There was an unusual tension in the air, as if things were TOO still, and I thought, are we about to have an earthquake? Then, about two seconds later, the house rattled. There was no initial jolt, like a truck hitting the house, as there usually is. Just a fairly quick shaking for about three seconds. I guessed 2.8, but apparently it was 4.4, centered in Berkeley, where I'm heading now. I'll ask if any of my fellow teachers or the kids felt it there. Did our little quake make the news where you live? No damage or injuries have been reported.
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
4 Jan 18
I read this in some news today. Glad that there is no damage or injuries.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
I heard less about it on my way to work than I expected to.
BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47620)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
4 Jan 18
No, I hadn't heard about it. But then, I didn't listen to the news this morning, either. My guess is, if it was so minor, it wouldn't have anyway.
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BarBaraPrz
@BarBaraPrz (47620)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
5 Jan 18
@TheHorse That's about it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
@BarBaraPrz People were still abuzz about it yesterday morning here. I guess we hadn't had one in awhile.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
If it bleeds, let it lead. No injuries or damage means not that much coverage, I reckon.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112962)
• El Paso, Texas
4 Jan 18
I saw it on Bing.com, but it wasn't a headliner. I guess 4.4 isn't as big a deal as the blizzard hitting the east coast.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112962)
• El Paso, Texas
5 Jan 18
Oh burrrr, I hope his boss told him to forget about it til the weather clears @TheHorse
The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
Yep, that's true. My Brother has to commute to Boston. I wonder if he's been able to make it.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (37369)
• Toccoa, Georgia
4 Jan 18
No, I have not read about or heard about it in the news.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
Interesting. It woke a lot of people up in Berkeley. But there was apparently no damage.
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Anne Marie Guyer
@LeaPea2417 (37369)
• Toccoa, Georgia
5 Jan 18
@TheHorse That is good there was no damage.
Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
4 Jan 18
I probably won't hear about it until I turn on the TV at about 5pm today @TheHorse .
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
There was apparently no damage, but people were buzzing about it this morning. My neighbor was awake and had the same sense that I did---that something was about to happen. Kind of interesting.
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
5 Jan 18
@TheHorse I think for some people their body fluids feel a change in density prior to an event like that. Like how a full moon causes the ocean waves to increase; same with the fluid in the body. Since the human body is 60% water, shifting of the ground can be felt prior to the actual event by some people. Animals know prior to an event that something is going to happen too.
Aashish Basnyat
@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
4 Jan 18
Well, I didn't understand how you could predict earthquake with the unusual tension in the air. I didn't hear anything about earthquake in California. But I have experience how it feels like to be in earthquake for about a minute.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Jan 18
Maybe I felt a jolt in my dream, and turned it into something else (all of our senses are operative while we dream). But I had been lying there awake for a few seconds (or so I thought) when the quake hit. I'll ask my neighbors how long it lasted for them. I've never felt one last a whole minute! I lived in Iowa during the famous 1989 quake here.
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Aashish Basnyat
@creativeaashish (2609)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
4 Jan 18
@TheHorse Yeah! Our senses work while we sleep. You mus have got that senses. It happens to somebody. And maybe you were one that day.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
@creativeaashish I did not feel the usual pre-quake jolt--like truck ran into the building. I am trying to lean if that jolt happened for others.
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KrauseHome
@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
5 Jan 18
No i did not hear abou4 your earthqjuake there. Glad it did no damage and everyone is ok.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 18
After awhile, you get used to them here.
marguicha
@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
4 Jan 18
For us, a 4.4 earthquake does not make news. We are an earthquake country.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
It was interesting to me that this quake was not enough to make my heart rate increase.
Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
4 Jan 18
I didn't hear anything about it this morning on the radio station I listen to, which isn't a news station, but it does give bits of news. I only heard about the snow bomb on the east coast. I'm glad no one was hurt in it.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
Is the extreme cold supposed to let in in Wisconsin in a couple of days. We have more rain forecast here.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
5 Jan 18
@TheHorse Today is our last day of severe cold for at least the next five days. We'll be in the 20's by Sunday and all next week. We're going to have a heat wave.
Scott Ganschow
@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
21 Jan 18
I don't remember hearing about it, but I might not have paid attention to the news that night. Glad everyone is ok.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 18
To me, it felt like many others I've felt here. Glad it was not "the big one." My speakers might fall over and be damaged.
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
5 Jan 18
We will probably hear about this earthquake, on the 6:00P news and weather this evening. It's funny you mentioned observing the obvious stillness in the air. Before a tornado occurs in Michigan, the atmosphere in that area gets unnaturally still and quite eerie. It's better known as the calm, before a storm hits.
Roei Cohen
@roei619 (74)
•
4 Jan 18
I haven't heard about it, but I don't watch the news anyway. I'm glad no one was hurt.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Jan 18
Yeah, it was a fairly typical small California 'quake.
JSAph8888
@JSAph8888 (949)
• Philippines
5 Jan 18
One of the celebrities in my country was having a vacation in Cali and he tweeted that he felt the earthquake. Good thing to know that you are not hurt
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The Horse
@TheHorse (220107)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jan 18
As an important Bay Area celebrity, I can attest that this one was about the same as most of the others we feel here.