Did You Feel the Earthquake?

I was fixing my husband a taco when I heard a crazy noise. I asked him, "What's that?" and he, glued to the TV, said, "What's what?" Then he walked out on the porch and looked over the side.

"I thought maybe it was a truck in the driveway," he said.

He's not alone.

According to this U.S. Geological Survey earthquake tracking site, it was a 4.0 magnitude earthquake about 3 miles west of Hollis Center, Maine – about 100 miles from Nashua – at about 7:12 p.m.

Nashua Director of Emergency Management Justin Kates said there was no initial reports of fallout in Nashua – except that phone lines were overloaded, likely with people calling other people to see if they felt it.

"We tell people in situations like this to text first, talk second – it's more likely you'll get a text message through because it's less data," Kates said.

Of course, there's already an "I survived the 10/16/12 Earthquake" Facebook Page you can join, and add your own smug response, like the overturned lawn chair meme that says, "We will rebuild" (see below).

Or, you can go here and do your part for science by filling out an EarthQuake "Did You Feel It?" survey.

A little NH earthquake history, From the USGS website:

People in New England, and in its geological extension southward through Long Island, have felt small earthquakes and suffered damage from infrequent larger ones since colonial times. Moderately damaging earthquakes strike somewhere in the region every few decades, and smaller earthquakes are felt roughly twice a year. The Boston area was damaged three times within 28 years in the middle 1700's, and New York City was damaged in 1737 and 1884. The largest known New England earthquakes occurred in 1638 (magnitude 6.5) in Vermont or New Hampshire, and in 1755 (magnitude 5.8) offshore from Cape Ann northeast of Boston. The Cape Ann earthquake caused severe damage to the Boston waterfront. The most recent New England earthquake to cause moderate damage occurred in 1940 (magnitude 5.6) in central New Hampshire.

What did you feel? Tell us here.