Earthquake felt in Ann Arbor - did you feel it?
Update: U.S. Geological Survey confirms earthquake in Canada, felt here in Ann Arbor
We at AnnArbor.com felt our 7th floor office swaying and have confirmed reports of an earthquake with the U.S. Geological Survey.
Let us know if you felt something too in the comments section below. Where were you?
Afterwards, staffers agreed it was hard to say how long we felt the building swaying since it took us a number of seconds to register "Earthquake!" Our guess is 30 seconds or less. We felt a swaying sensation and realized the entire building was moving. A number of us got a tiny bit woozy.
Reports are flooding in on Twitter from sources throughout the city, the U.S. and Canada.
You Tube evidence of the 5.5-magnitude quake that hit Ottawa, Canada today:
Comments
Glenn Galler
Fri, Jun 25, 2010 : 7:40 a.m.
I was working on the phone with a woman in Ottawa, Canada, around 1:50pm two days ago when she experienced the 5.5 earthquake. I didn't feel it myself, but we are not far away from that one. Having lived in California for 25 years, I experienced plenty of earthquakes including the 7.1 earthquake in 1989 when I was on the 4th floor of an office building in San Jose, California.
ironyinthesky2
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 : 1:56 p.m.
Well, I didn't feel it in Ypsi, so I'm sure this is all a ruse to generate news on a slow day... Kudos to the organizer of this prank, you really found a low of people, spread out over the area, to claim they felt it!
UM Rocks
Thu, Jun 24, 2010 : 7:58 a.m.
Felt it at S. Main and William
D
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 11:52 p.m.
I definately felt the earthquake earlier at work which is the CitiMortgage building. The second floor felt it the most.. the pictures were shaking and the cubicle walls shook.. almost felt like I was rocking on a boat. THEN I get stuck in the damn tornado warning.. I just made it out of the saline area when it touched down! Fun filled day!!
Olivia
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 10:20 p.m.
I was in my room coloring on the west side of a2 near Stadium and Pauline and didn't feel a thing!
MichU
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 9:21 p.m.
We felt it over in Ypsi. Very unsettling.
David Cahill
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 6:43 p.m.
I didn't feel it here on Broadway.
Ariel
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 3:51 p.m.
We didn't feel anything at the Michigan Theater. Also, that video is silly. The water is moving! It's the end of the world!
LaMusica
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 3:14 p.m.
Yes! We felt it on the 3rd floor of a building on N. Ashely St, right between Liberty and Williams. It felt more like a roll, rather than a quake.
AlfaElan
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 2:43 p.m.
I didn't feel it for once, but then I think I was driving. The one in Ohio in the '80s I was on the top floor of 400 N. Ingalls and boy did that feel weird. I wondered if the building would fall. The one in Ohio in the '90s I was on the top floor of a building in Northville that was built in 1875 and had some of it's Oak beams weakened. That felt just as scary. Oh well, maybe I'll feel the next one.
Melissa
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 2:17 p.m.
2nd floor of Burlington office building on Eisenhower - we all felt it - swaying for like 30 seconds!
ElZ
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 2:16 p.m.
I didn't feel a thing. I'm in the Medical Professional Building, too, here by the UM hospital...maybe since I'm on the 2nd floor we were more grounded?
Beverly
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 2:14 p.m.
The Institute for Social research building was swaying long enough that on the 5th floor we gathered in the hallway to share our amazement. I immediately assumed it was an earthquake as there was no other explanation.
michiganpoorboy
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 2:13 p.m.
I thought it was the derecho you fools predicted for today???????
Ryan J. Stanton
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:44 p.m.
Workers on the sixth floor of Ann Arbor's city hall said items on top their desks started shaking and copy machines started rattling. At first, they dismissed it as normal disruption from the police-courts building construction going on next door, but quickly realized it was more than that. City Planner Matt Kowalski said he felt an earthquake without question. "You could actually see my water on my desk shake," he said. "I've been around before when they've had a couple other earthquakes in Michigan. This one, though, it was long enough to where I stood up and actually still felt the ground swaying. You could feel the building swaying."
Lai Tutt
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:41 p.m.
I was at work at the School of Information on North Campus when I felt it. None of my co-workers felt it so I thought I was just losing my mind. Glad to know that it was real and I'm not losing my mind.
AAmama
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:37 p.m.
My co-workers and I a the NCAC building all felt it.
Nancy A Miller
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:36 p.m.
I definitely felt it at The Undergraduate Science Building on Central Campus. I remarked to my co-worker the room was shaking. This is the third time I've been able to "feel" earthquakes happening in MI. Really wild!
John Clark
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:35 p.m.
I work on the third floor of the Halle Library at Eastern Michigan University when I heard the walls making cracking sounds then the building started to sway left to right with a rumbling sound coming from below. Students came out of study rooms wondering what had just happened and the book shelves on the third floor moved back and fourth... I heard that a 5.5 quake began in in Eastern Canada...
Rachel
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:26 p.m.
felt it over on hill and south forest
SMB
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:25 p.m.
Felt it in the LSA building on campus!
SparklePants
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:22 p.m.
Yes!! Felt it on Plymouth Rd. It felt like my 2nd floor office was bouncing.
Nathan Bomey
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:20 p.m.
AnnArbor.com is now funneling updates to the link below. Check for updates here: http://www.annarbor.com/news/us-geological-survey-looking-into-reports-of-earthquake-in-michigan/
Chelsea Martin
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:19 p.m.
We felt it at the EMU Student Center. Couldn't figure it out until we heard the news.
Vicki Chang
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:17 p.m.
I felt my apartment building on E. Washington sway. I thought I was going crazy!!
PittsfieldTwp
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:16 p.m.
5.5 magnitude in the Ontario/Quebec boder region http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/
ChunkyPastaSauce
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:16 p.m.
never noticed anything here - south east ann arbor
Annette Miller
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:15 p.m.
I definitely felt it in Ypsi!
Deb
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:15 p.m.
yup - definitely felt that, but I thought I was just having a dizzy spell...glad to know it wasn't just me.
Carol
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:14 p.m.
Here at the Halle Library, at Eastern Michigan University, we felt the building moving. Thought perhaps it was the construction crews out front but maybe it was for real?
Lynette
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:14 p.m.
Felt it on the 5th floor at MSRB II
AT
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:13 p.m.
I felt it at the School of Public Health in A2 as well. I was the only person in my office to feel it!
Drew Montag
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:12 p.m.
We felt it on the 4th floor of the old Argus Building (Fourth Street and William) in Ann Arbor. Just some mild swaying for about 30 seconds.
PittsfieldTwp
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:11 p.m.
Many of us could feel it in a downtown Detroit high rise.
a2miguy
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:11 p.m.
Briarwood area here, didn't feel a thing.
Danielle
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:10 p.m.
I'm in the medical professional building on the 5th floor and out building was swaying. Employees in Mott and the Womens hospital also felt it too.
Jason
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:10 p.m.
The center was confirmed to be just north of New York in Cumberland a 5.5
spj
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:09 p.m.
Felt it in Superior Twp (prospect & ford rd.). Felt like the cat was knocking into the sofa, only I don't have a cat!!
Dakotawoman1
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:09 p.m.
The 300 North Ingalls building swayed quite significantly.
kristine
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:09 p.m.
Pictures on the walls were moving and books vibrating as the walls of my building on campus were swaying just a few minutes ago.
melissa
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:07 p.m.
Yep! I was sitting in my living room and felt a slight rocking and the vertical blinds were moving just a tiny bit. I thought it was strange, I thought earthquake? and then thought maybe I imagined it somehow... so strange! I'm in Van Buren Township about a mile from Willow Run Airport.
Patti Smith
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:05 p.m.
Didn't feel it at Stone School & Ike (dog didn't react either) but my mom called from Southfield to say she felt it. (PS: Happy birthday, Mom! Have an earthquake :))
Myriam
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:05 p.m.
We all felt it at PRBA in ISR 5th floor and we all came out of our offices.
emu2009
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:04 p.m.
Felt it in Ypsi Township too, thought I was just imagining things
Sarah
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:03 p.m.
We felt it in our 3rd floor offices at State St. & Liberty
Emily J
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:02 p.m.
Felt the sway at the School of Public Health on campus
kirby
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:02 p.m.
People felt it at University Health Service
Faroh
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 1:02 p.m.
I felt it at American House on Carpenter Rd.
Arielle
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:59 p.m.
I feel left out. I didn't feel a thing! I was right near the Hatcher library, perhaps in the elevator.
Paul
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:59 p.m.
I am on the 9th floor. I wasn't sure if it was wind or an earthquake. Were that many people still excited from the USA making it to the knock-out phase?
LBH
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:58 p.m.
I definitely felt it in the Perry Bldg at the corner of Division and Packard. Distant memories of living in South America and the tick, tick, tick of things rattling on my book shelves told me it wasn't just in my head...
ILJ
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:58 p.m.
Felt it too in an office on Main Street.
Jason
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:58 p.m.
Yuppers about 8 to 10 minutes ago the building here at Glencoe Hills on Wastenaw was swaying back and forth. The couch, chairs and the plants were rocking back and forth
Jeremy
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:57 p.m.
We felt it over in the Blue Tractor building
MjC
Wed, Jun 23, 2010 : 12:56 p.m.
Thanks for the verification - I thought I was having a panic attack!