A Year Later: Where Were You for the Earthquake?

Thursday marks the anniversary of that shook and puzzled the region.

It wasn't just the ground, but our comfort that was shaken on August 23, 2011.

Living in Maryland, we're open to the idea that we may get hit with a tropical storm once or twice a year, maybe a hurricane every few. Those are the disasters for which you can prepare. But in one week last year, the Baltimore area got not just that , but that once-in-a-lifetime shake, rattle and roll.

I remember it was a Tuesday afternoon, and I was in Stoneleigh Bakery on the phone with a source when the ground started shaking. I thought it was someone taking really loud steps behind me, then I realized the person on the other line was feeling it too. I looked up and the windows at Midstate Federal were rippling.

My contact—Nancy Hafford at the —gave me a play by play as wine bottles rattled in her office and workers streamed out onto the streets of downtown Towson. I did the only sensible thing—.

TELL US: Where were you and what do you remember most about the August 23, 2011 earthquake? Leave a comment.