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Did you feel it? That was the question du jour after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rocked the East Coast from D.C. to Boston. The temblor’s commotion also shook up Twitter with tweeters trying to make sense of the spontaneous shaking. Here are some of the best tweets.
Andy Borowitz, one of TIME's 140 best Twitter users, decided to tweet what some would consider the most important breaking news update of the day.
Week in and week out, it seems there's always rumbling going on in Washington. We just didn't expect it to be literal this time.
PHOTOS: Earthquake Shakes the Northeast
Thanks Dan Radin, now we don't have to feel awkward when we admit we didn't feel the quake.
The fun apparently died quickly for Slate’s political columnist Dave Weigel. He’s already looking forward to the next unforeseen, unlikely disaster.
PHOTOS: Earthquake Shakes the Northeast
New York-based comedian Abbi Crutchfield will be having a delicious dinner tonight on account of the quake. Care to invite us over?
Nick Carbone is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @nickcarbone. You can also continue the discussion on TIME's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.TIME.com's politics editor, Adam Sorensen, sees a diabolical scheme in the works.
Hey, we get it, Kombiz. Take every opportunity to spread how you were affected by today's earthquake. You might make tomorrow's front page -- or better yet, you might be on NewsFeed!
PHOTOS: Earthquake Shakes the Northeast
Sadly this quake doesn't have a name, or else it would certainly be the perfect doppelganger, as @giromide notes.
Ezra Klein was listed as one of TIME's 140 best Twitter users. See the full list here.
TIME.com's technology editor, Doug Aamoth, is miffed his dog didn't tap into its sixth sense pre-quake.
PHOTOS: Earthquake Shakes the Northeast
Drunk Hulk, one of TIME's favorite Twitter funnymen, claims responsibility. That would explain a few things -- except for why he's a Sex and the City fan...
Funnyman A.D. Miles, a writer for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, coined the best term for all the quake jokes that spread after the shaking stopped.
Nick Carbone is a reporter at TIME. Find him on Twitter at @nickcarbone. You can also continue the discussion on TIME's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIME.@pourmecoffee, one of TIME's favorite Twitter satirists, is up to no good once again with his prediction about how Washington will respond to the temblor.
So much for keeping Facebook out of China.
Felix Roque allegedly hacked the email account associated with the website and nixed the domain registration in an effort to muzzle an insurgent political campaign to oust the mayor.
