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5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« on: August 23, 2011, 12:00:44 PM »
My work building shook for about 5 seconds, nothing too bad, but kinda weird since I'm from an area that isn't exactly known for quakes.

Funny thing is that I've been close to two building explosions that have caused where I was to shake, and when this happened I just went "well, it looks like we've had another building explode."
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Re: Just experienced my first earthquake.
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2011, 12:01:05 PM »
Yeah same here, just woke me up. Freaky shit :|
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5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2011, 12:02:42 PM »
https://www.cnn.com/

No real story yet, but I felt it here in new york. Hope ryan, DTVT, everyone else is OK.
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Re: Just experienced my first earthquake.
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2011, 12:04:33 PM »
My cat was freaking out, but it wasn't too bad.

the east coast, apparently, is a ticking time bomb for a big one. There's a huge fault line in Crystal Caverns (near Reading, PA) that could explode at any time in the future. Weird shit.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2011, 12:05:08 PM »
Felt here in NJ too.  I thought someone dropped a computer in the cubicle next to me.
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Re: Just experienced my first earthquake.
« Reply #5 on: August 23, 2011, 12:05:41 PM »
As a Cali boy and veteran of many earthquakes, including the '89 Loma Prieta quake, I can say with total confidence that they still scare the crap out of me.

Edit- Wow, 5.8, that's a solid fucker, hope everyone is OK.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #6 on: August 23, 2011, 12:07:15 PM »
I guy i know in PA apparently felt it. Fun shit ain't it?
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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #7 on: August 23, 2011, 12:07:21 PM »
I felt a small aftershock when I was on the can. I thought it was the Little Caesar's but apparently not. I'm about 25 miles from Raleigh, NC right now so I wonder if this is as far south as the aftershocks have traveled.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #8 on: August 23, 2011, 12:07:46 PM »
5.8 in Richmond, yeah. My office building shook pretty heavily. My phone is now going off with messages and Facebook is lighting up.

I'm about to run home and check on my dog. I have friends as far north as New Jersey and as far south as North Carolina that felt it.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #9 on: August 23, 2011, 12:07:58 PM »
It wasn't felt that bad here in Southern Maryland... I guess. I have no experience to compare it to, so I dunno if that was "bad" or not :lol
Nothing's damaged in the house anyway, like one thing fell over. Don't know what's going on anywhere else nearby right now.

Still, that was scary as shit having never experienced one before.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #10 on: August 23, 2011, 12:10:04 PM »
Quote from: Edan the Man on August 23, 2011, 12:07:58 PM
It wasn't felt that bad here in Southern Maryland... I guess. I have no experience to compare it to, so I dunno if that was "bad" or not :lol
Nothing's damaged in the house anyway, like one thing fell over. Don't know what's going on anywhere else nearby right now.

Still, that was scary as shit having never experienced one before.

You know what you need to do now, right? Go break into the house of one of your friends and place a whole bunch of their items/knick knacks all over the floor to make it look like a way more severe urfkwake.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #11 on: August 23, 2011, 12:12:28 PM »
Quote from: black_floyd on August 23, 2011, 12:10:04 PM
Quote from: Edan the Man on August 23, 2011, 12:07:58 PM
It wasn't felt that bad here in Southern Maryland... I guess. I have no experience to compare it to, so I dunno if that was "bad" or not :lol
Nothing's damaged in the house anyway, like one thing fell over. Don't know what's going on anywhere else nearby right now.

Still, that was scary as shit having never experienced one before.

You know what you need to do now, right? Go break into the house of one of your friends and place a whole bunch of their items/knick knacks all over the floor to make it look like a way more severe urfkwake.

thats so fucked up yet so funny
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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #12 on: August 23, 2011, 12:15:00 PM »
Those close to the epicenter- How long was it?  I remember '89 was over a minute, and I was about 40 miles north of it.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #13 on: August 23, 2011, 12:16:11 PM »
Aftershocks here in Ottawa too..........damn mrs.spider know how to work the pole.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2011, 12:16:59 PM »
changed to a 5.9 now.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2011, 12:17:39 PM »
Wow, weird spot to me for an earthquake. Hope everyone is okay and not much damage.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2011, 12:18:05 PM »
I'm 32 floors up and our entire building was swaying...when the walls started creaking it freaked me out a bit
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2011, 12:18:36 PM »
Quote from: tjanuranus on August 23, 2011, 12:16:59 PM
changed to a 5.9 now.

Weird. It's like tallying up votes from all the precincts. I always thought they just took readings from what ever seismograph read the highest.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2011, 12:21:41 PM »
Felt it here on Long Island, NY.  My first earthquake.  The lady's wind chime at the desk next to me started to go off, lol.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2011, 12:22:11 PM »
My cousin felt it all the way over in Youngstown, OH.  Hope no one was seriously hurt.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2011, 12:23:16 PM »
Quote from: Fiery Winds on August 23, 2011, 12:22:11 PM
My cousin felt it all the way over in Youngstown, OH.  Hope no one was seriously hurt.

My Gma lives in Newton Falls right next to Youngstown. I'll have to call her!
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2011, 12:24:54 PM »
5.9, that's gonna cause some damage, anywhere, but especially in places that aren't retrofitted for it like where I live.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2011, 12:25:18 PM »
Nothing up here in central MA. Hope everyone is OK!
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2011, 12:25:36 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on August 23, 2011, 12:15:00 PM
Those close to the epicenter- How long was it?  I remember '89 was over a minute, and I was about 40 miles north of it.
If I had to guess, I'd say it lasted a good 30 seconds for me that's what she said.

But then again I had just been woken up by it, so I don't know.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2011, 12:26:09 PM »
I didn't feel a thing, but appearently the building connected to mine felt it real good.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2011, 12:27:40 PM »
I felt it here in Ohio. Just a few glasses that feel off the table and broke, while spilling water in them. haha. Nothing major. It shook for like 25 seconds here.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2011, 12:32:05 PM »
My friend lives about 90 miles from the epicenter, and she said some things fell off the shelves at her pharmacy, but nothing more than that.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2011, 12:36:42 PM »
That was the tits.


jk I barely felt it. 5.8 is nothing BRING ON THE REAL SHIT
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2011, 12:38:56 PM »
Crazy.  I saw my monitor start to shake and we all poked out heads out of our cubicles and decided to get the hell out.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2011, 12:41:09 PM »
Quote from: zxlkho on August 23, 2011, 12:36:42 PM
That was the tits.


jk I barely felt it. 5.8 is nothing BRING ON THE REAL SHIT

Um, your really don't want that, unless you like pissing yourself and crying like a little girl.  I was on a train in '89, scariest shit ever.
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #32 on: August 23, 2011, 12:46:14 PM »
Quote from: lonestar on August 23, 2011, 12:41:09 PM
Quote from: zxlkho on August 23, 2011, 12:36:42 PM
That was the tits.


jk I barely felt it. 5.8 is nothing BRING ON THE REAL SHIT

Um, your really don't want that, unless you like pissing yourself and crying like a little girl.  I was on a train in '89, scariest shit ever.

I just meant that I barely felt anything.


Also the quake is now apparently a 5.9? Why did it change?
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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #33 on: August 23, 2011, 12:47:02 PM »
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I just don't understand what they were trying to achieve with any part of the song, either individually or as a whole. You know what? It's the Platypus of Dream Theater songs. That bill doesn't go with that tail, or that strange little furry body, or those webbed feet, and oh god why does it have venomous spurs!? And then you find out it lays eggs too. The difference is that the Platypus is somehow functional despite being a crazy mishmash or leftover animal pieces

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Re: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #34 on: August 23, 2011, 12:49:36 PM »
Quote from: zxlkho on August 23, 2011, 12:46:14 PM
Also the quake is now apparently a 5.9? Why did it change?
This is just a guess, but it's probably an aggregate of several readings, which would change as they are reported and interpreted.
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