...last night about 11pm, while laying in my bed - I felt a jolt and heard a noise, as if my bed had just fallen to the floor, thinking that maybe I dreamt it... I looked around to see if the electricity was still on... waited for the fire alarm to sound... or worst yet, an explosion... 10 minutes later, another jolt, just not as pronounced as the first, I then knew I wasn't dreaming. Later, while on the phone with my friend, I her told about the incident and thought it was a earthquake, the third one I have experience, the first in the Los Angeles area, second in Anchorage, and this one, but it was so different...
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| Holiday Express Inn - Irving, TX - the Epicenter of the Earthquake |
There was no felt tremors, just a huge jolt...
Above is the hotel I was staying in...
NEWS FLASH online this AM
DALLAS (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake measuring a preliminary 3.4 magnitude has rattled an area west of Dallas, Texas.
The survey's earthquake center in Golden, Colorado says the quake lasting several seconds began at 11:05 p.m. CDT Saturday and was centered about 2 miles north of Irving in North Texas.
Geophysicist Randy Baldwin at the Colorado center told The Associated Press that the quake was just strong enough to likely have been felt for about 15 or 20 miles around the epicenter. He says the quake's online reporting system received no reports of any damages or injuries but there were some 1,200 responses from people who felt the quake.
Baldwin says smaller aftershocks are a possibility in that area in coming hours or days.
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