Now the LSM will make it sound like the end of the world!
Of course they will, since it affected Washington, DC and New York City, the twin hubs of the LSM universe.
But seriously, are California quakes felt over such a large area? Seismic waves propagate through some kinds of rock better than others. This quake, even though it was of middling intensity, was felt by millions of people over an enormous area--almost the entire eastern half of the country.
In my area, southeastern Pennsylvania, there are occasional quakes of magnitude 2 or 3 which are felt by a handful of people who happen to be awake and close to the epicenter. I've never felt one of those, so this was my first earthquake.