so, it wasn't a bunch of british school children jumping up and down... this was the real deal -- my first earthquake! i was asleep and woke up to what felt like someone shaking the shit out of the room... there was a rumbling noise, kind of... and the whole thing moved from one side of the room out the other. it was all very strange -- nothing fell off the walls, or off the table tops, like i expected... but it also wasn't all that strong since the center was a few miles from here.