John Mayer is a sensitive man. Not just in his music, but also in his life. Case in point: there was a pretty big earthquake in his home state of Montana early Thursday morning (July 6) with a magnitude of 5.8. According to NPR, the rumbler startled a number of people out of their sleep in the western part of the state and was felt for hundreds of miles from its epicenter southeast of Lincoln.
“Wow. Earthquake in Montana,” a rattled Mayer tweeted soon after the event. “So if you wonder if you’re crazy and you’re searching the words earthquake and Montana, earthquake Montana.”
Wow. Earthquake in Montana. So if you wonder if you’re crazy and you’re searching the words earthquake and Montana, earthquake Montana.
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) July 6, 2017
Clearly up early and shaken, Mayer then tweeted out some stats from the U.S. Geological Survey, which noted that the quake was the 8th biggest on record in Montana and the strongest one in nearly a dozen years.
According to USGS it’s the 8th biggest earthquake on record in Montana. look at years and then “26 minutes ago.” #geology pic.twitter.com/NF81DaHuLD
— John Mayer (@JohnMayer) July 6, 2017
Did you feel the M5.8 EQ near Lincoln, MT? Please let us know here: https://t.co/nVXOgy1NwI More info on EQ: https://t.co/HLdJvUaN4r pic.twitter.com/8TiBhOFJIk
— USGS (@USGS) July 6, 2017
Mayer wasn’t the only one who was woken up by the shaking.
Basically everyone in Montana this morning. #earthquake pic.twitter.com/OSYdPcUcVU
— Aaron Greene (@aarongreene5) July 6, 2017
The dog knew it was coming. He started barking and jumped off the bed. Then the house started shaking.
— They call me AJ (@apettibone) July 6, 2017
Now that everyone in Montana is awake from that earthquake… Do you guys wanna play monopoly or something???
— Sean Ryan (@Mr_SeanRyan) July 6, 2017
The screens at work right now. Magnitude 5.8 #earthquake in #Montana. Seriously! Unusual event … pic.twitter.com/yNqr16yy4y
— Steven J. Gibbons (@stevenjgibbons) July 6, 2017
So just to recap. Half the dadgum state felt that #Montana #earthquake
— Matt Gray (@mattgraysky) July 6, 2017