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New York City tweeters react to Virginia earthquake tremors

By Ysolt Usigan

August 23, 2011 / 2:42 PM EDT / CBS News

"Uh why is the building moving?" -lindavong

Evacuation time

"Employees evacuated from Citigroup building in NY after the #earthquake (which I failed to notice!)" -mattbish

"so the california girls in the office got under our desks. everyone else sprinted for the door. #earthquake #eastcoast" -AlexandraSklar

"Not trying to be mean, but I thought the 'earthquake' was a very heavy-footed person walking by my desk." -andilavs

"My wife is no joke...in 3 seconds...she ran across our house, grabbed our son, and pushed us all out the house. #earthquake" -PaulCBrunson

"Hey East Coast calm down, you are embarrassing us in front of California. :P #earthquake" -peterlamotte

"Ok, now I want the agreeable weather, the movie and/or high-tech industry and the laidback lifestyle. #earthquake" -petersvensson

"#earthquake in NYC? Obviously this was caused by aliens." -knowyourmeme

"Wow Mother Nature IS killing it today! Didn't feel the quake where I am.. I feel left out! :-(" -BravoAndy

"Chenda and I are all checked in... (@Quakepocalypse w/ 28 others) on Foursquare." -ysolt11 (me)

Ysolt Usigan

Ysolt Usigan is the editor of lifestyle and technology for women at CBSNews.com