Author Topic: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia (Read 8682 times)

Phantasmatron · « **Reply #35 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:52:46 PM »

I felt it about ten minutes down the road from Nick. Except I was just waking up and for the first half of it I thought it was a dream. Then I was like, no...shit's shaking for real.

That was a very disorienting way to wake up.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #36 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:58:39 PM »

Quote from: Hyperplex on August 23, 2011, 12:42:29 PM

https://youtu.be/CArWivYt208

Holy lol

Hyperplex · « **Reply #37 on:** August 23, 2011, 12:59:40 PM »

I don't think I've ever laughed that hard at a YouTube video in my life.

zxlkho · « **Reply #38 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:00:51 PM »

I posted this on facebook so I may as well post it here.

"Traders in the New York Stock Exchange felt the shaking and shouted to each other, "Keep trading!" CNN's business correspondent Alison Kosick reported from the floor at 2:20 p.m. E.T."

secludedmayhem · « **Reply #39 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:01:54 PM »

Felt it in my office in Manhattan. Thought I was going nuts because no one else seemed to react. Figured maybe I had somehow gotten dizzy. Very strange feeling.

cfmoran13 · « **Reply #40 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:03:47 PM »

Here in NJ, our whole building shook. We evacuated for about 5 minutes just until we could figure out what the f*ck happened. AT&T cell service was out for at least 30 minutes. I finally got a hold of my wife at home who said our china cabinet shook but nothing fell or broke. I have friends in PA, MA and NC that all felt it. Crazy sh*t!

lonestar · « **Reply #41 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:27:07 PM »

A friend of mine posted this pic in facebook, titled "earthquake devastation in NY"...

What can I say, us Cali people are enjoying being on the other side of the shaking for once.

Hyperplex · « **Reply #42 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:31:32 PM »

It was by no means a devestating earthquake, but seeing as we simply don't experience them here, it's a very new thing for almost everyone here.

And that photo made the rounds last summer when a 3.6 Earthquake hit DC.

Shadow2222 · « **Reply #43 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:53:12 PM »

Felt it in Ohio.

chknptpie · « **Reply #44 on:** August 23, 2011, 01:55:16 PM »

I know its only half related but:
https://www.coloradoconnection.com/news/story.aspx?id=654678#.TlQE7cg0Rto

Some 11 earthquakes in Colorado since yesterday. Started with a 5.3.

zxlkho · « **Reply #45 on:** August 23, 2011, 02:01:48 PM »

it somehow probably triggered the one in VA

TempusVox · « **Reply #46 on:** August 23, 2011, 03:07:39 PM »

Felt it in Cincinnati. My dogs started barking in the study. I thought it was a FedEx or UPS truck going by

. Looked outside, saw nothing there.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #47 on:** August 23, 2011, 03:55:50 PM »

Felt it in Boston. Unreal.

Heretic · « **Reply #48 on:** August 23, 2011, 03:57:38 PM »

I was in the mall eating lunch. Didn't really feel much of anything, and I live about an hour away from the epicenter of the quake here in Virginia. Very interesting though, especially since the fault line hasn't been the most active fault line in history.

Kura · « **Reply #49 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:07:14 PM »

Yeah I was at home and felt it too!! .O.!

TempusVox · « **Reply #50 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:11:21 PM »

Quote from: Heretic on August 23, 2011, 03:57:38 PM

Very interesting though, especially since the fault line hasn't been the most active fault line in history.

How true. Makes me think since Colorado and now Virginia both have pretty sizeable quakes if something big in New Madrid's fault system isn't on the horizon soon. It's pretty much right between these two relatively rare events.

ShadowWalker · « **Reply #51 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:41:18 PM »

My whole office building shook in Rockville, MD. Very surreal.

phentalmyst · « **Reply #52 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:44:15 PM »

was on the 10th floor of my building in herndon. sh*t was flyin everywhere. holy corporate moon bounce!

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #53 on:** August 23, 2011, 04:49:54 PM »

My office building shook in Winston-Salem, NC. That was pretty trippy.

Chino · « **Reply #54 on:** August 23, 2011, 05:08:03 PM »

My house in CT shook for at least twenty seconds.

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #55 on:** August 23, 2011, 05:35:49 PM »

I guess with it being an otherwise slow news day it isn't all that surprising that the media would be all over this but what's annoying is how melodramatic most of the national networks(CBS and CNN I can safely say) have been with their coverage. It accounted for at least half of CBS' evening news and seemed to be on CNN for almost the whole afternoon. All I heard was countless stories that went something like "...and then it started shaking for [15-60] seconds and I was soooo surprised." I'm very thankful and relieved that this wasn't any worse but I just wish if they were gonna over-cover it to the extent they have that they could at least be bothered to find a way to not be so incredibly redundant and perhaps give some original insight on it.

yeshaberto · « **Reply #56 on:** August 23, 2011, 06:24:49 PM »

Quote from: chknptpie 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!

How cool. We lived in newton falls for three years. Coolest zip code ever

orcus116 · « **Reply #57 on:** August 23, 2011, 06:30:22 PM »

Was on a rooftop in lower Manhattan but didn't feel anything.

Paul · « **Reply #58 on:** August 23, 2011, 06:41:33 PM »

I live about 50 miles north of the epicenter. It shook our house pretty good for about 30 secs or so. My 16 month old son certainly wondered what the hell was going on - it shook during snack time.

Things were certainly rattling around on shelves and the house shimmied pretty good. Kinda glad I got to experience it. The neighbor was mowing the lawn at the time and didn't feel a thing.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #59 on:** August 23, 2011, 06:57:41 PM »

Quote from: yeshaberto on August 23, 2011, 06:24:49 PM

Coolest zip code ever

I had to look it up. It's 44444 if anyone cares.

Schenectady is the home of Dark Helmet, 12345

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #60 on:** August 23, 2011, 07:27:44 PM »

I was eating lunch with a friend in Delaware. The booth we were in started shaking/ rocking back and forth and the lights above us started swinging back and forth. The whole thing was about 10 to 15 seconds. Its was so strange and neither of us had a clue that it was an earthquake 100's of miles away, until the waiter broke the news. Pretty wild I must say.

MasterShakezula · « **Reply #61 on:** August 23, 2011, 07:56:05 PM »

Quote from: DTVT on August 23, 2011, 06:57:41 PM

Quote from: yeshaberto on August 23, 2011, 06:24:49 PM
Coolest zip code ever

I had to look it up. It's 44444 if anyone cares.

Schenectady is the home of Dark Helmet, 12345

And numbers is Oklahoma City.

zxlkho · « **Reply #62 on:** August 23, 2011, 08:10:24 PM »

Horatio · « **Reply #63 on:** August 23, 2011, 08:52:25 PM »

It didn't seem like a really big deal to me tbh, my house shook for about 15 seconds and then it was all good (nothing even fell down). I live near Baltimore though so the impact was probably diluted. No one got hurt or anything (or no property was damaged) in this, right?

Nick · « **Reply #64 on:** August 23, 2011, 08:57:09 PM »

lonestar · « **Reply #65 on:** August 23, 2011, 09:07:10 PM »

chknptpie · « **Reply #66 on:** August 23, 2011, 10:25:37 PM »

Quote from: yeshaberto on August 23, 2011, 06:24:49 PM

Quote from: chknptpie 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!

How cool. We lived in newton falls for three years. Coolest zip code ever

I always tell people "My grandparents live in Newton Falls, home of zip code 44444". I love the big billboard they have, if its still there.

I called her to find out if she felt it. She was in town getting her hair cut so she didn't. But when she got home, my gpa told her he was on the toilet and it started shaking. I then asked if he got splashed

he didn't

Var · « **Reply #67 on:** August 23, 2011, 10:49:24 PM »

I was on the second floor in NY at the time. It was kind of funny, actually, because I rolled back about four inches and then rolled forward again. It kept shaking, though, so, I went downstairs. It had already ended by the time that I had gotten down there, though. I was wondering why there were quakes all the way up here.

It was funny reading about it on CNN, and about how Obama was playing golf in MA at the time. I keep imagining the ball rolling out of the way just as he's about to hit it, and nothing else being noticeable about the quake up there.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #68 on:** August 23, 2011, 11:48:57 PM »

Quote from: Var on August 23, 2011, 10:49:24 PM

I keep imagining the ball rolling out of the way just as he's about to hit it, and nothing else being noticeable about the quake up there.

ZBomber · « **Reply #69 on:** August 23, 2011, 11:51:27 PM »

Quote from: zxlkho on August 23, 2011, 08:10:24 PM

Quote from: Nick on August 23, 2011, 08:57:09 PM

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Author Topic: 5.8 Earthquake in Virginia (Read 8682 times)