WCLV's offices at the Idea Center at Playhouse Square started shaking around 2 p.m. Eastern time. I was at my music library work station when the chair shook. I felt momentarily dizzy, then realized when it happened again it wasn't me.
Stepping out into the hall I noticed the suspended light fixtures and "exit" signs were swaying. The shaking diminished to something analagous to a simmer, then stopped about 5 minutes later.
By this time, most of the staff came out of their studios and offices and asked if anyone else felt it. I stayed in a doorway, watching the light fixtures for clues. Once they stopped moving, it was safe to go back to work.
We checked our news sources, which stated that the quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8, was centered about 87 miles southwest of Washington, D.C., and felt in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and New York as well as Cleveland.
One member of management walked into the office shortly after the shaking stopped and, listening to the employee chatter, asked, "Was there an earthquake?" When we said yes, he said, "Get OUT!! I was at Otto Moser's (a nearby restaurant) and didn't feel a thing."
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Too bad there are no classical versions of Carole King's "I Feel The Earth Move", Jerry Lee Lewis' "Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On", Elvis' "All Shook Up", Metro Station's "Shake It", Bill Haley & The Comets "Shake, Rattle & Roll", The Cars "Shake It Up" and The Swinging Blue Jeans "Hippy Hippy Shake". You could have had a field day playing them! {But then again, maybe there are some classical takes on those tunes)
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