6.5, baby
OK, it took an earthquake to get me blogging again. It lasted about 15 seconds or so; I heard something that sounded like some heavy equipment was getting rolled on the floor above ours, then a sound like flakes of plaster falling. I didn't realize what it was until Les, whose cube faces mine, said "earthquake". We all stood up and you could feel the building swaying. I called S. in Santa Cruz, who was standing in line at the Post Office. She said she didn't feel a thing. Mike H.'s wife in Fremont didn't either. But Les' wife did in San Mateo and so did someone in the 23rd floor of an SF office building.

Update: The epicenter was apparently about 11 km NE of San Simeon. The USGS is now reporting a 4.7 aftershock in the same area. Go here for more details. Apparently they felt it in LA, too.

Update: The official count is now 11 aftershocks of magnitude 3.9-4.7. I wonder what's it like to watch Hearst Castle sway?