I didn't feel the NC/SC quake, but I can tell you what a 5.9 feels like. We live about 15 miles from the epicenter of the Louisa, VA earthquake that shook the entire eastern seaboard a couple years ago. We lucked out with only some minor ceiling-to-wall sheet rock seams cracking upstairs. Our neighbors had to replace an entire wall of their walkout basement--the completely buried front wall. Talk about a mess. Many chimneys down around here. We lost one piece of china that rattled out of the china cabinet. Wife's doll collection, many of which were standing on shelves and cabinets, were unfazed. That's the third quake since we've been in this house--one about 1990, another in 2003 or 2004, and then this one (plus a bunch of aftershocks from the big one). The first couple were about 4.0 to 4.3.
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