If you live in Western Oregon, there may be a reason for that sensation.
New research finds Western Oregon is rotating clockwise about a-third of an inch per year.
Scientists at Oregon State University and Rensselear Polytechnic University in upstate New York have been using the satellite tracking known as the global positioning system to analyze plate tectonic movement in the Northwest. Geophysicist Robert McCaffrey says they found Astoria creeping toward Central Washington, while the south coast is headed out to sea. But up in the north, it's then coming back in. Because it's rotating about a point that's very close to it, it's basically spinning. So parts are going far away from North American and other parts are coming closer together.