I found out about a month later ( why wouldn't anyone tell me anything,beats me!!!! )
there was an earthquake at my work and it happened at 7 o'clock in the morning,apparently it swayed the building quite a bit and I was very very lucky since I don't show up till 7;30.
Oh well,I start at 7;45 so I want some time to get my pc started,have water at my desk and gnash on some fruit and/or yoghurt.
30 minutes can be quite crucial I guess,I'd have been pretty shocked since I've never been through a quake before.
Nobody would have even said a thing except I suddenly found the instructions on how to deal with earthquakes hanging on our walls and I know for a certainty they're not about to write on things that could happen if they didn't. Our management is not that protective anyway,so I started asking around and my horrible suspicions were true.
What's crazier is,I live 20 minutes away from work,so I'm really glad ,I could have easily felt it from home,man that's way scary,and never knew it,cool.