Oakland residents react to 'baby earthquake' that jolted part of East Bay

Oakland residents took to Twitter to react to 2.8 magnitude earthquake that jolted part of the East Bay on Saturday. Oakland residents took to Twitter to react to 2.8 magnitude earthquake that jolted part of the East Bay on Saturday. Photo: Screengrab Via Twitter Photo: Screengrab Via Twitter Image 1 of / 25 Caption Close Oakland residents react to 'baby earthquake' that jolted part of East Bay 1 / 25 Back to Gallery

Oakland residents took to Twitter to react to a magnitude 2.8 a "baby earthquake" that jolted part of the East Bay on Saturday.

Some of those who felt the quake, which originated in Oakland's Dimond District, were startled, others were nonplussed and still others were just thankful for "earthquake Twitter."

"Earthquake in tha hood! #oakland #dimonddisttrict" exclaimed Tracey Rolandelli.

Brendon Fong, tweeting from the Twitter handle @rtcfilm, was one of those startled by the earthquake. "Felt like someone rammed a car into our building...but it was apparently an Oakland #earthquake that I'm almost on top of! Less than 2 seconds of shaking," he wrote.

Twitter user @devdwc wrote that their heart rate went up due to the earthquake. "After an earthquake I always get dressed and just sit and wait. For what? I'm not sure," he wrote.

But not everyone was impressed by the earthquake.

"My mom and I were like, 'baby earthquake. whatev. what's for dinner' #earthquake #oakland," wrote Twitter user @Hammondrye.

Twitter user @JKBartleby called it the "weirdest little earthquake."

"It sounded like an earthquake but felt like either a car had bumped the wall in the garage or someone above dropped a big wardrobe. Luckily you can always count on #earthquake Twitter to verify," @JKBartleby wrote.

Other people expressed gratitude for being able to log onto Twitter to verify that an earthquake just happened.

"It's nice to have Twitter to know I'm not crazy. #earthquake #Oakland," wrote user @lachavezv.

Check out the slideshow above to see how Oaklanders reacted to the earthquake.