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Posted by: rmital Aug 23 2011, 12:10 PM

all seems to be well....TBD
did call home; family and garage still intact

Posted by: balljoint Aug 23 2011, 12:14 PM

USGS says VA, 5.9 right now, I felt it north of Toronto.

Posted by: SirAndy Aug 23 2011, 12:19 PM

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php




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Posted by: scotty b Aug 23 2011, 12:25 PM

Centerd in Mineral under the Surry nuclear power plant I got a good shake at the shop. I was sitting in the front bagging some paint samples and watching the Volvo bouncing around

Posted by: type47 Aug 23 2011, 12:33 PM

Rock and RRROOOOOOOLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: MDG Aug 23 2011, 12:40 PM

Glad you're okay. We felt it up here too.

Watch out for zombies. This is when they come out.

Posted by: balljoint Aug 23 2011, 12:42 PM

Wait a minute. How do we know that it really is Scotty typing the replies?

Maybe it is a Scotty-Zombie?

A Nukular-Scotty-Zombie!

Oh dear.

Posted by: BajaXJ92 Aug 23 2011, 12:50 PM

Felt it very well down here in Va Beach. I wonder if my car is still parked in the same spot....

Posted by: zymurgist Aug 23 2011, 12:58 PM

Felt it here in Frederick, MD.

Posted by: ArtechnikA Aug 23 2011, 01:12 PM

Pretty good shake here just West of Philadelphia.
Ho-hum.
Silly East-Coasters evaculated the building, I gathered up my stuff and left too. Got out in time to go back in.

30 years in SoCal, was 1/2-mi from Northridge in 1994 (6.9).
5.9 will get your attention, but it takes more than that to get me excited...

Posted by: windforfun Aug 23 2011, 01:57 PM

Felt something here in CA.

Posted by: FlatSix Aug 23 2011, 01:59 PM

Didn't feel a thing here in England either!

Posted by: JawjaPorsche Aug 23 2011, 02:12 PM

Was felt in north Georgia mountains!

Posted by: underthetire Aug 23 2011, 02:18 PM

5.9 would almost wake us up !

Posted by: Cupomeat Aug 23 2011, 02:26 PM

Yeah, felt it on the 25th floor of our Manhattan building. Nothing much but about 30 sec of undulation.

People were concerned, but in NYC you look to see if an airplane hit your building before you think it might be an earthquake.

Posted by: Nozzle Aug 23 2011, 02:27 PM

Well our august leadership in DC definitely felt something. Last I heard the Capital and Pentagon were completely evacuated. You know how scary those terrorist earthquakes can be...

Where do we find such men...

Posted by: BMITCHELL Aug 23 2011, 02:30 PM

I heard it messed up somebody playing golf while they were on vacation

Posted by: scotty b Aug 23 2011, 03:13 PM

Look it all works out.

Ca gets 30 second quakes, that destroy buildings, roads and belongings

the midwest gets 30 minute tornadoes, that devastate anythjing within its range

east coast gets 3 hour hurricanes, that topple trees, flood rivers, rip roofs off, and desimate beach front properties
























and Canada gets the french

Posted by: campbellcj Aug 23 2011, 03:18 PM

I am a SoCal native but happen to be in DC right now. I was in the ginormous Reagan building near the Pentagon this morning but when the quake hit, I was in the new Gaylord National Harbor conference center...which has a 100 foot high glass wall facing the river.

Amazingly nothing broke but we were evacuated outdoors for 2 hours and the staff seemed ill-prepared for anything like that. No alarms, no radios for most of the security guards, etc. There are two conferences going on here and the 2,000 room hotel is nearly full.

All is well now. Could be aftershocks tonight which will freak-out these folks even more.

Posted by: 76-914 Aug 23 2011, 03:19 PM

Hell, Slits farts bigger than that.

Posted by: MDG Aug 23 2011, 03:26 PM

Too bad about Scotty; he was gud.

Glad Zombie Scottie is still posting though.

Posted by: ArtechnikA Aug 23 2011, 03:33 PM

As i expect you know (but the East-Coasters won't, probably...) for every earthquake magnitude 'n', expect n-1 * 10^(n-n) aftershocks of magnitude n-1, n-2 * 10^(n-(n-1)) shocks of magnitude n-2 and so forth... (below 2 is generally imperceptible...)

So - for a 5, expect 4 4's, 30 3's, 200 2's and like that.
I'd guess we'll feel at least one noticeable aftershock, although I hear this was a 'shallow' quake and there may not be as much residual stress as a big, ddep one...

Posted by: Vacca Rabite Aug 23 2011, 07:38 PM

Similar in Baltimore.
I was in the middle of a meeting. Room started bouncing, and a coworker got white knuckled on the table. I told him to relax, it was only a baby quake and went on with the meeting. We did not evac (though other buildings in Baltimore did), though we got word that we could leave at 4 if we wanted - so I did. It was amusing.

my wife got caught in DC. She still is not home. All the trains are backed up and they evacuated all the buildings.

Zach

Posted by: timofly Aug 23 2011, 07:49 PM

Interrupted lunch. Spilled my beer on 38th floor of CMP. Bummer...

No big deal compared to Sept 11, 2001. I had to laugh when the building security PA said "no danger, stay in your offices" Just like the PANY announcements in Tower 2 on that morning. The shake was nothing, but THAT announcement worried me.

Posted by: draganc Aug 23 2011, 08:01 PM

nada in central NJ. however, my buddy called me from the shore and he felt it.

Posted by: scotty b Aug 23 2011, 08:13 PM

4.2 aftershock registerd somewhere around 8:05 p.m.

Posted by: campbellcj Aug 23 2011, 08:43 PM

Here's a pic of where I was. Massive wall and ceiling of glass - needless to say they are keeping everyone away from it now.

Posted by: r_towle Aug 23 2011, 08:43 PM

scuze me.


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Posted by: Lou W Aug 23 2011, 09:36 PM

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Posted by: nsr-jamie Aug 24 2011, 06:55 AM

We call those aftershocks here in my part of the world We usually have a few of those small quakes like 5 - 6 times a week...you get use to them after a while.........maybe its time I move away from this place I am in now (Japan)

Posted by: JmuRiz Aug 24 2011, 07:54 AM

It was kind of odd on the 12th floor here...funny to see people just panic and bolt for the doorway.

I honestly thought a trunk bumped the building or something...until it kept shaking for a few seconds.

Supposedly there were aftershocks, but I sure didn't feel any.

Posted by: tomeric914 Aug 24 2011, 08:37 AM

Data from the USGS and ability for you to report here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/

Posted by: Drums66 Aug 24 2011, 04:22 PM

....Hope everyone was OK back there.....can you feel us?(west coast)

Posted by: benalishhero Aug 24 2011, 04:36 PM

Girl friend felt it at work a block away. I didn't feel a thing. Musta been workin too hard.

Posted by: balljoint Aug 24 2011, 04:57 PM

I filed a report 10 minutes after the quake. And let me tell you, I wasn't shy about it either.

Posted by: flipb Aug 24 2011, 07:48 PM

I live in Northern Virginia but didn't feel a thing... because I was in the UK visiting my sister.

Arrived home tonight, and found this raw, uncensored carnage. Those with weak stomachs may wish to skip this image:










































Yes, that car was in the center of the base when we left town.

Oh, the humanity!!

Posted by: whatabout1 Aug 26 2011, 03:17 PM

We felt it at Lake Norman !

A tsunumi was reported (1"), but the dam held and nuclear power plant didn't melt.
It must have been fun in the power plant control room !!! Wonder if they scram'ed the reactors.

I heard the quake cracked the Washingtom Monument and now Irene will blow it over !