It woke me up.I live about one mile from the airport,so I thought for sure that a plane had crashed,and the vibration of the house(I woke up maybe 5 seconds from it ending)made me think for sure that debris had actually hit the house.I ran outside and.....nothing.
I went back inside,and started to question if maybe I was dreaming,or if maybe the noise may have been somebody trying to break in(the one noise I remember was the garage door jarring back and forth,like maybe somebody was shaking it),so I went through and checked everything and looked outside one more time.
By that point I was convinced that it was a dream,but my girlfriend called me to tell me about it-she works on the top floor of RMH.She said that they thought the helicopter had crashed and hit the hospital(it lands directly on top of her floor,and some noise and vibration is barely noticeable when it lands)!After confirming that didn't happen,they found out about the quake on the Netz.
I wish i could have been awake for the whole thing-I'm sure it'd be cool to experience.My coworker who used to live in LA,and experienced some of the bad quakes out there in the 80s/90s,said that he woke up,and until he realized what was going on,thought he was back home.
Chris