Earthquake in DC/VA area

wade moore · 08-23-2011, 12:57 PM

Just felt it here in Yorktown...

Brother felt it in DC..

wtf?!

sabotai · 08-23-2011, 12:58 PM

Felt in Jersey. House shook for about 5 seconds.

QuikSand · 08-23-2011, 12:58 PM

Yowza, really felt it in Annapolis MD.

Swaggs · 08-23-2011, 01:00 PM

Same here in Morgantown, WV.

Can't say I have ever had that experience before.

Swaggs · 08-23-2011, 01:01 PM

USG is estimating a 5.8 earthquake centering somewhere near DC

Logan · 08-23-2011, 01:02 PM

Felt in NYC.

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:02 PM

5.8-6.0 near Richmond, Virginia. Felt all the way in Toronto.

Thomkal · 08-23-2011, 01:03 PM

wow was just reporting in the hurricane thread that we just had the first earthquake I've ever felt in the Myrtle Beach area in 10+ years of living here.

flounder · 08-23-2011, 01:03 PM

The ground rumbled here in Lynchburg for a good 5 seconds.

Radii · 08-23-2011, 01:03 PM

Felt it near Raleigh, crazy.

Kodos · 08-23-2011, 01:03 PM

Felt it here in New Haven. First time I've ever actually felt an earthquake.

yacovfb · 08-23-2011, 01:04 PM

Felt it strong in charlottesville

Rizon · 08-23-2011, 01:04 PM

Sounds like a few of you just got your shakecherry popped. Grats.

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:04 PM

Nothing in Atlanta. Just saw tweet that it was bad enough in Philly to cause the fire alarms to go off in a hotel.

spleen1015 · 08-23-2011, 01:04 PM

I hope everyone is alright.

I was on a conference call with folks in NJ and they had to get off the call because they're evacuating the building.

Easy Mac · 08-23-2011, 01:04 PM

Felt it in Greenville, SC. I honestly thought I was tapping my foot and just not noticing it. Then I thought I had vertigo.

Philliesfan980 · 08-23-2011, 01:05 PM

Felt it here in Malvern PA... as many others have mentioned, that's the first time I ever felt an earthquake.

Ksyrup · 08-23-2011, 01:05 PM

I believe this is a sign that the TAMU move to the SEC will be announced very soon.

Didn't Colorado have a big earthquake today or yesterday? Big for them anyway.

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yacovfb

Felt it strong in charlottesville

It was half way between you and Richmond.

Blackadar · 08-23-2011, 01:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Felt it in Greenville, SC. I honestly thought I was tapping my foot and just not noticing it. Then I thought I had vertigo.

Weird, didn't feel it in Charlotte.

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:08 PM

Saying it was very shallow at 3.8 miles. Would cause more shaking.

Easy Mac · 08-23-2011, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blackadar

Weird, didn't feel it in Charlotte.

Double weird. Our office in Charlotte said they did.

albionmoonlight · 08-23-2011, 01:08 PM

Felt it in Raleigh, NC

Blackadar · 08-23-2011, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Easy Mac

Double weird. Our office in Charlotte said they did.

We must be perched on a big rock or something, cause we felt nothing.

Marmel · 08-23-2011, 01:12 PM

Hartford, CT - felt it

ISiddiqui · 08-23-2011, 01:12 PM

There be fault lines everywhere... at least it seems there were no serious injuries...

wade moore · 08-23-2011, 01:14 PM

Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA

So that's about 100-120 miles from where I am at work. Felt it BIG time. I think ones we had like a 2 something in VA and I thought I might have felt it.

There was no mistaking that this was an earthquake. I'm still a bit mentally shaken by it. I think I physically tensed up and my neck is now killing me.

Wild. My house is even closer to the center of it.

Easy Mac · 08-23-2011, 01:15 PM

Per ABC News:

Quote:

A man eating lunch in Charlottesville, Va., described his house tipping and plates shaking as he ate lunch.

Do you think they actually talked to a man eating lunch in Charlottesville, VA, or they just have a stock quote they use?

Logan · 08-23-2011, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Ledger_Yankees Marc Carig
Sources: Colon apologizes for falling out of bed.

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Qwikshot · 08-23-2011, 01:17 PM

Felt it here, West of Philadelphia

Logan · 08-23-2011, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wade moore

Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA

So that's about 100-120 miles from where I am at work. Felt it BIG time. I think ones we had like a 2 something in VA and I thought I might have felt it.

There was no mistaking that this was an earthquake. I'm still a bit mentally shaken by it. I think I physically tensed up and my neck is now killing me.

Wild. My house is even closer to the center of it.

Surely wasn't anything big in NYC (the guy at the conference table next to me didn't even feel it) but the back of my head has been hurting me ever since too. Weird.

MacroGuru · 08-23-2011, 01:17 PM

Supposedly the boss felt it here in Buffalo.

rafini · 08-23-2011, 01:17 PM

Definitely felt it in Virginia Beach. My brother up near Erie, Pa said they felt a little shaking.

Qwikshot · 08-23-2011, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Philliesfan980

Felt it here in Malvern PA... as many others have mentioned, that's the first time I ever felt an earthquake.

+1

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Logan

Surely wasn't anything big in NYC (the guy at the conference table next to me didn't even feel it) but the back of my head has been hurting me ever since too. Weird.

Bad enough the shut JFK down. I just saw a video of a live meeting in NYC that showed them getting really shook. I guess it all depends on where you are.

Toddzilla · 08-23-2011, 01:24 PM

I've got reports from friends from Columbia SC to Ottowa saying they felt it.

Here outside of DC, it was quite the roller coaster. First it was a general rumble and then it got more intense, perceptibly up and down. Outside the house I could barely feel it.

It's strange the helplessness you feel sitting there as your house shakes around you, not even that severely, knowing you are powerless to stop anything in your house from breaking (or the house itself breaking).

We've got some good sized cracks in the ceiling in a few places.

The good news is, the beer is okay.

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:26 PM

Just got report from a friend that lives very near the epicenter saying his house is fine. Not seeing much damage near him.

sabotai · 08-23-2011, 01:26 PM

Patton Oswalt on Twitter: "Not to panic anyone in NYC, but a screaming John Cusack just drove by in a limo that was missing a door."

JediKooter · 08-23-2011, 01:31 PM

5.9 pfft...

sabotai · 08-23-2011, 01:32 PM

Just saw this on Twitter

"There was just a 5.8 earthquake in Washington. Obama wanted it to be 3.4, but the Republicans wanted 5.8, so he compromised."

GrantDawg · 08-23-2011, 01:33 PM

Lame 24 hour news cycle. "We just received a report the president just took a PHONE CALL."

cthomer5000 · 08-23-2011, 01:33 PM

Felt it in central New Jersey... Maybe 10 seconds long? Wondered if i was having a seizure at first until i realized things on my shelves were wobblin'

Pumpy Tudors · 08-23-2011, 01:34 PM

Apparently, 698 of the 700 people at my work in Pittsburgh felt it. The two who didn't were myself and my boss. We were sitting right next to each other when another co-worker alongside us started freaking out. When we asked her why she was losing her mind, she told us she felt the ground shake. He and I felt nothing at all.

Alan T · 08-23-2011, 01:34 PM

Didn't feel anything in Massachusetts

Rizon · 08-23-2011, 01:36 PM

I've literally got 19 pages of earthquake status updates rolling through my Facebook.

cthomer5000 · 08-23-2011, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Apparently, 698 of the 700 people at my work in Pittsburgh felt it. The two who didn't were myself and my boss. We were sitting right next to each other when another co-worker alongside us started freaking out. When we asked her why she was losing her mind, she told us she felt the ground shake. He and I felt nothing at all.

Were you hovering above the ground at the time?

wade moore · 08-23-2011, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JediKooter

5.9 pfft...

Who had post 39?

spleen1015 · 08-23-2011, 01:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Apparently, 698 of the 700 people at my work in Pittsburgh felt it. The two who didn't were myself and my boss. We were sitting right next to each other when another co-worker alongside us started freaking out. When we asked her why she was losing her mind, she told us she felt the ground shake. He and I felt nothing at all.

Not even Chuck Norris could shake Pumpy.

JediKooter · 08-23-2011, 01:37 PM

Sports Digs had this last week.

Rizon · 08-23-2011, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Apparently, 698 of the 700 people at my work in Pittsburgh felt it. The two who didn't were myself and my boss. We were sitting right next to each other when another co-worker alongside us started freaking out. When we asked her why she was losing her mind, she told us she felt the ground shake. He and I felt nothing at all.

08-23-2011, 01:00 PM	#4
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Same here in Morgantown, WV. Can't say I have ever had that experience before. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

08-23-2011, 01:01 PM	#5
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	USG is estimating a 5.8 earthquake centering somewhere near DC __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

08-23-2011, 01:03 PM	#11
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	Felt it here in New Haven. First time I've ever actually felt an earthquake. __________________ Indiana Hoosiers Football - 2025-26 National Champs The FOFC Ladder History thread Last edited by Kodos : 08-23-2011 at 01:03 PM.

08-23-2011, 01:05 PM	#18
Ksyrup This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off. Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: In Absentia	I believe this is a sign that the TAMU move to the SEC will be announced very soon. Didn't Colorado have a big earthquake today or yesterday? Big for them anyway. __________________ M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete."

08-23-2011, 01:12 PM	#25
Marmel Grizzled Veteran Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Manchester, CT	Hartford, CT - felt it __________________ 81-78 Cincinnati basketball writer P. Daugherty, "Connor Barwin playing several minutes against Syracuse is like kids with slingshots taking down Caesar's legions."

08-23-2011, 12:58 PM	#2
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Felt in Jersey. House shook for about 5 seconds.

08-23-2011, 12:58 PM	#3
QuikSand lolzcat Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Annapolis, Md	Yowza, really felt it in Annapolis MD.

08-23-2011, 01:02 PM	#6
Logan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: NYC	Felt in NYC.

08-23-2011, 01:02 PM	#7
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	5.8-6.0 near Richmond, Virginia. Felt all the way in Toronto.

08-23-2011, 01:03 PM	#8
Thomkal Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Surfside Beach,SC USA	wow was just reporting in the hurricane thread that we just had the first earthquake I've ever felt in the Myrtle Beach area in 10+ years of living here.

08-23-2011, 01:03 PM	#9
flounder High School Varsity Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Lynchburg, VA	The ground rumbled here in Lynchburg for a good 5 seconds.

08-23-2011, 01:03 PM	#10
Radii Head Coach Join Date: Jul 2001	Felt it near Raleigh, crazy.

08-23-2011, 01:04 PM	#12
yacovfb H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2002	Felt it strong in charlottesville

08-23-2011, 01:04 PM	#15
spleen1015 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003	I hope everyone is alright. I was on a conference call with folks in NJ and they had to get off the call because they're evacuating the building.

08-23-2011, 01:04 PM	#16
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Felt it in Greenville, SC. I honestly thought I was tapping my foot and just not noticing it. Then I thought I had vertigo.

08-23-2011, 01:05 PM	#17
Philliesfan980 Banned Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Exton, PA	Felt it here in Malvern PA... as many others have mentioned, that's the first time I ever felt an earthquake.

08-23-2011, 01:08 PM	#21
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Saying it was very shallow at 3.8 miles. Would cause more shaking.

08-23-2011, 01:08 PM	#23
albionmoonlight Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: North Carolina	Felt it in Raleigh, NC

08-23-2011, 01:12 PM	#26
ISiddiqui Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Decatur, GA	There be fault lines everywhere... at least it seems there were no serious injuries... __________________ "A prayer for the wild at heart, kept in cages" -Tennessee Williams

08-23-2011, 01:17 PM	#30
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Felt it here, West of Philadelphia __________________ "General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams

08-23-2011, 01:17 PM	#32
MacroGuru Coordinator Join Date: May 2003 Location: Utah	Supposedly the boss felt it here in Buffalo. __________________ "forgetting what is in the past, I strive for the future"

08-23-2011, 01:17 PM	#33
rafini High School JV Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach	Definitely felt it in Virginia Beach. My brother up near Erie, Pa said they felt a little shaking.

08-23-2011, 01:24 PM	#36
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	I've got reports from friends from Columbia SC to Ottowa saying they felt it. Here outside of DC, it was quite the roller coaster. First it was a general rumble and then it got more intense, perceptibly up and down. Outside the house I could barely feel it. It's strange the helplessness you feel sitting there as your house shakes around you, not even that severely, knowing you are powerless to stop anything in your house from breaking (or the house itself breaking). We've got some good sized cracks in the ceiling in a few places. The good news is, the beer is okay.

08-23-2011, 01:26 PM	#37
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Just got report from a friend that lives very near the epicenter saying his house is fine. Not seeing much damage near him.

08-23-2011, 01:31 PM	#39
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	5.9 pfft... __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

08-23-2011, 01:32 PM	#40
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Just saw this on Twitter "There was just a 5.8 earthquake in Washington. Obama wanted it to be 3.4, but the Republicans wanted 5.8, so he compromised."

08-23-2011, 01:33 PM	#41
GrantDawg World Champion Mis-speller Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Covington, Ga.	Lame 24 hour news cycle. "We just received a report the president just took a PHONE CALL."

08-23-2011, 01:34 PM	#43
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	Apparently, 698 of the 700 people at my work in Pittsburgh felt it. The two who didn't were myself and my boss. We were sitting right next to each other when another co-worker alongside us started freaking out. When we asked her why she was losing her mind, she told us she felt the ground shake. He and I felt nothing at all. __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

08-23-2011, 01:34 PM	#44
Alan T Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mass.	Didn't feel anything in Massachusetts __________________ Couch to ??k - From the couch to a Marathon in roughly 18 months.

08-23-2011, 01:37 PM	#49
JediKooter Coordinator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego	Sports Digs had this last week. __________________ I'm no longer a Chargers fan, they are dead to me Coming this summer to a movie theater near you: The Adventures of Jedikooter: Part 4

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