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Title: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Ballygrl on August 23, 2011, 01:39:48 PM: We felt it in NJ, I thought I was losing my mind, I was cleaning and sat down for a minute and the chair was shaking and I felt it on the floor and the pantry doors were opening and closing, I told my Husband to sit on the chair to see if he felt it and he said no, he said but he saw the pantry doors opening and closing. This was nothing like the last Earthquake we had in NJ a few years ago, we were close to that epicenter and we heard an explosion and the house shook.

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Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EAST_COAST_QUAKE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-23-14-05-37

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island, New York City and Martha's Vineyard, Mass., where President Barack Obama is vacationing.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was half a mile deep. Shaking was felt at the White House and all over the East Coast, as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C. Parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol were evacuated. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

It was centered near Louisa, Va., which is northwest of Richmond and south of Washington.

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Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 01:54:04 PM: DEVELOPING: A Magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Virginia Tuesday afternoon, sending tremors along the East Coast of the United States.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was 3.7 miles deep and struck near Mineral, Va., a city 83 miles from Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon and other buildings were evacuated. Pictures in the Capitol building reportedly fell from the walls. Buildings in New York City shook briefly Tuesday afternoon.

The Eric Holder, the attorney general, has been evacuated from the Department of Justice.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/23/magnitude-58-earthquake-hits-virginia-sends-shockwaves-throughout-east-coast/#ixzz1VsaxxFge

Holy crap. It's live on America Live w/ Megyn. Part of my family lives in VA, so I hope they're OK. They're worried about more tremors in NYC. Apparently, they felt it in the studio.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: NHSparky on August 23, 2011, 01:59:09 PM: 5.9 on the east coast? Whoops.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Evil_Conservative on August 23, 2011, 02:03:01 PM: I blame Obama & global warming.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 02:11:36 PM: Damn that Ed Shultz. Why in the world does he have to sit down. Doesn't he care about other human life?!
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: IassaFTots on August 23, 2011, 02:17:12 PM: What is up with the Washington Monument? Megyn Kelly is saying it is tilted.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 02:21:18 PM: Quote
Brian A Schimming
Obama officials pointing out they "inherited" fault lines from previous administration.. (ht/libertygal)

15 minutes ago via mobile Â·LikeUnlike Â· .

From a FB friend. Sorry, had to post it.

This is Bush's "fault!"
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Ballygrl on August 23, 2011, 02:24:14 PM: Quote from: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 02:21:18 PM
From a FB friend. Sorry, had to post it.

This is Bush's "fault!"

:lmao:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Evil_Conservative on August 23, 2011, 02:25:50 PM: Quote from: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 02:21:18 PM
From a FB friend. Sorry, had to post it.

This is Bush's "fault!"

That's a good one.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Ralph Wiggum on August 23, 2011, 02:37:59 PM: Quote from: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 02:21:18 PM
From a FB friend. Sorry, had to post it.

This is Bush's "fault!"

:rofl: :rofl:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: zeitgeist on August 23, 2011, 02:52:48 PM: Quote from: Revolution on August 23, 2011, 02:21:18 PM
From a FB friend. Sorry, had to post it.

This is Bush's "fault!"

Good one. It fits so well with the rest of the excuses ObieWun has come up with.

I thought MLK was rolling over in his grave after finding out his statue was "Made in China". Em, Em, Emm. Saving a few bucks on the MLK statue will probably come back to haunt someone in more ways than just this little rumble. I mean not even good enough for an American Made statue? Wow, this is embarrassing.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8715823/Martin-Luther-King-memorial-made-in-China.html
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: RightCoast on August 23, 2011, 02:54:07 PM: I just want the record to state that I did not feel a damn thing in central CT...
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:11:26 PM: Quote from: NHSparky on August 23, 2011, 01:59:09 PM
5.9 on the east coast? Whoops.

It was like being on a ship when it goes DIW. Had underway flashbacks for a second.... :-)
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: NHSparky on August 23, 2011, 03:16:34 PM: Quote from: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:11:26 PM
It was like being on a ship when it goes DIW. Had underway flashbacks for a second.... :-)

I've been through a few. Worst was Guam in 1992. That was originally said to be 8.2, but they dropped it to 8.0 or 8.1, IIRC.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Gina on August 23, 2011, 03:19:50 PM: Quote
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake that was centered in Richmond, Virginia and felt as far as New York City and New England.

Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly reported at 2:30 pm that their bureau received information from a producer saying that a Captiol Hill Police officer was saying the Washington Monument may actually be tilting as a result of the earthquake.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/aug/23/picket-fnc-reports-washington-monument-may-be-tilt/

Maybe they could use some viagra? :stoner:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 23, 2011, 03:20:11 PM: Old JohnnyReb has still got it...made the earth shake.... :lmao:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:23:09 PM: Quote from: Gina on August 23, 2011, 03:19:50 PM
Maybe they could use some viagra? :stoner:

:asssmack:

It's a monument to Washington, not Clinton, "Gena".

:tongue:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: JohnnyReb on August 23, 2011, 03:29:46 PM: Quote from: Gina on August 23, 2011, 03:19:50 PM
Maybe they could use some viagra? :stoner:

Jack it up Gina....save the taxpayers some money.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:46:11 PM: Quote from: NHSparky on August 23, 2011, 03:16:34 PM
I've been through a few. Worst was Guam in 1992. That was originally said to be 8.2, but they dropped it to 8.0 or 8.1, IIRC.

I was passed out on a buddie's couch one bright Sunday morning in 92 when I was stationed at 32nd Street. I slept through the first one but woke up for an aftershock.

That wasn't very fun....
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: IassaFTots on August 23, 2011, 03:47:34 PM: Quote from: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:23:09 PM
:asssmack:

It's a monument to Washington, not Clinton, "Gena".

:tongue:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Somebody owes me some more paperwork. (I turned before I hit my screen and keyboard.)
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Crazy Horse on August 23, 2011, 03:54:53 PM: Quote from: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:46:11 PM
I was passed out on a buddie's couch one bright Sunday morning in 92 when I was stationed at 32nd Street. I slept through the first one but woke up for an aftershock.

That wasn't very fun....

I was stationed at Long Beach then and felt that one pretty well. Then I was stationed at Point Loma in 94 when the Northridge quake hit. It woke me up.

Yeah I asked if someone announced shift colors....underway today here. So now I get to wait on Irene to smack us in eastern NC :banghead:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:57:50 PM: Quote from: Crazy Horse on August 23, 2011, 03:54:53 PM
I was stationed at Long Beach then and felt that one pretty well.

Summer of 92, right? Wasn't the first rumble a 6.7 or something like that?
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Ballygrl on August 23, 2011, 04:17:38 PM: Quote from: JohnnyReb on August 23, 2011, 03:20:11 PM
Old JohnnyReb has still got it...made the earth shake.... :lmao:

:lmao:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Gina on August 23, 2011, 04:18:57 PM: Quote from: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:23:09 PM
:asssmack:

It's a monument to Washington, not Clinton, "Gena".

:tongue:

:overreaction:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: IassaFTots on August 23, 2011, 04:21:25 PM: Quote from: Gina on August 23, 2011, 04:18:57 PM

:overreaction:

:panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic: :panic:
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: BlueStateSaint on August 23, 2011, 04:34:50 PM: I remember one in college that was a minor one--4.1 or something like that. Thing was, it was at 5:30 in the morning. I remember thinking to myself, "What's that shaking? . . . Oh, it's just an earthquake." Then, said message registered in my mind, and my eyes snapped open, with the thought, "Earthquake!" And I was out of my room in a flash.

I was on I-87 coming back to Albany when WRVE mentioned an earthquake happening in DC. My wife called me 20 minutes later and told me that her building in downtown Albany had been evacuated. I told her that if I was her, I'd just go to the parking garage and go home (she didn't). I pulled into the lot of my building in Albany and people were just filtering back in. It was 2:35. Ten minutes later, the guy who hired me (and is retiring at the end of September) came through, telling us, "Go home--the message just came down from on high."

Seeing that Irene is coming for the weekend, it should be interesting.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: DLR Pyro on August 23, 2011, 04:36:02 PM: obama golfing when earthquake struck (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/obama-golfing-earthquake-struck-14365613)
now there's a surprise....
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Evil_Conservative on August 23, 2011, 04:48:50 PM: Quote from: DLR Pyro on August 23, 2011, 04:36:02 PM
obama golfing when earthquake struck (http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/obama-golfing-earthquake-struck-14365613)
now there's a surprise....

Where was Moo-chelle?
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: cmypay on August 23, 2011, 05:10:13 PM: Quote from: Evil_Conservative on August 23, 2011, 04:48:50 PM
Where was Moo-chelle?

Throwing a temper tantrum...which cause the earthquake
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Crazy Horse on August 23, 2011, 05:38:21 PM: Quote from: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 03:57:50 PM
Summer of 92, right? Wasn't the first rumble a 6.7 or something like that?

Yes it was. Big Bear/Landers quake

The first one was a 7.2 or so
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: I_B_Perky on August 23, 2011, 06:27:07 PM: I was standing up at work talking to someone and we didn't feel a thing. My house shakes more than that when a coal train goes by and so does the person I was talking too. Everyone else went nuts.

Then we had to evacuate the building.

I called my mom and she said that she thought it was a train.

I was wondering what we would do if the chemical leak sirens went off and we had to "shelter in place". :-)
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: wasp69 on August 23, 2011, 06:58:37 PM: Quote from: Crazy Horse on August 23, 2011, 05:38:21 PM
Yes it was. Big Bear/Landers quake

The first one was a 7.2 or so

Ha! That was it! I "slept" through that first one.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: IassaFTots on August 23, 2011, 09:57:48 PM: Quote from: I_B_Perky on August 23, 2011, 06:27:07 PM
I was standing up at work talking to someone and we didn't feel a thing. My house shakes more than that when a coal train goes by and so does the person I was talking too. Everyone else went nuts.

Then we had to evacuate the building.

I called my mom and she said that she thought it was a train.

I was wondering what we would do if the chemical leak sirens went off and we had to "shelter in place". :-)

Shelter in Place? Oh hell no! That is why I have been saving up my runs all these years for. You never know when you might need one! :)
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Baruch Menachem on August 23, 2011, 11:19:50 PM: The last earthquake to hit Oregon, I slept through. It woke my wife up and she panicked because the light fixture was swaying overead and she made me take it down.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: rich_t on August 24, 2011, 03:56:22 AM: I felt the tremor in central Ohio. It's been a while since I felt one.
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: CG6468 on August 24, 2011, 09:25:24 AM: Interesting graphic video from Discover Magazine.

(No sound.)

Earthquake Waves Across the USA (http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/08/23/virginia-earthquake-waves-ripple-across-the-us/)
Title: Re: Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast
Post by: Wineslob on August 24, 2011, 10:06:13 AM: Quote
Where was Moo-chelle?

She was the epicenter.