Thus the reason for the rolling eyes and wink.
EDIT ADDED: It's just an intersting occurence. They don't happen all the time around here. People up here did feel the bigest of the New Madrid quakes. I felt one here about 20 years ago.
2.6 could be a heavy truck hitting a pothole. We have 2s and 3s all the time. Nobody even notices until they hit the mid 4s.