August 23, 2011

Estimated 5.8 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Virginia, Felt In SC and NY
— Ace

I think that 5.8 is a low estimate. I'm down here now and that felt like more than a six.

Its epicenter was a place called Mineral, VA.

Posted by: Ace at 10:01 AM | Comments (383)
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1 The Tea Party has to be stopped. This is getting ridiculous.

Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at August 23, 2011 10:02 AM (nRTou)

2

Shit. That just scared me to death.

Posted by: dagny at August 23, 2011 10:02 AM (YFYRZ)

3 Hi there.

Posted by: The Mayans, baby! at August 23, 2011 10:02 AM (4nfy2)

4 NYC felt it and Long Island and Boston.....

and Philly and they are evacuating the Pentagon

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:02 AM (k1rwm)

5
You are in DC or near the epicenter?

5.8 isn't tiny.... you see any damage anywhere?  Panic?

Posted by: dan-O at August 23, 2011 10:03 AM (BAjNF)

6 Also Cambridge Massachusetts? Bloomberg reporting 5.8?

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:03 AM (14jKX)

7 Upgraded to 6.0.  Well, we know its not Obama.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 23, 2011 10:03 AM (4nfy2)

8

So... once California breaks off and sinks into the sea and the east coast breaks off and sinks into the sea, all that will be left is flyover country.

 

Posted by: Anachronda at August 23, 2011 10:03 AM (IrbU4)

9 Yep, guys at Langley also saying more like 6.

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:03 AM (14jKX)

10 Wow.  Shit was falling off the walls of my office.  A chimney collapsed in a building down the street.  And I'm out in Rockville, MD right now.

Honestly I thought that was cool as shit.  I've never lived through an earthquake before!

What are you doing in VA, Ace?  We need to get a DC moron meetup together or something.


Posted by: Jeff B. at August 23, 2011 10:04 AM (TADg9)

11

I'm just south of Richmond... strongest I've ever felt.

Posted by: Bat Chain Puller at August 23, 2011 10:04 AM (SCcgT)

12 Fuck, I just felt it in Toronto pretty well.

Posted by: oleg at August 23, 2011 10:04 AM (tazG1)

Posted by: Rex Harrison's Hat at August 23, 2011 10:04 AM (4136b)

14 I'm seeing the Cambridge Massachusetts reports on twitter.

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:04 AM (14jKX)

15 Felt it here in central MD about 1/2 hour ago. I first thought it was a low-flying chopper, the windows rattled for about 10 seconds. Went outside, no choppers to be seen..WTF? Now I know what happened, it was rather interesting.

Posted by: JJ at August 23, 2011 10:04 AM (ng472)

16 Bethesda MD. Scared the shit out of us. Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker.

Posted by: blaster at August 23, 2011 10:05 AM (l5dj7)

17 Great. First the Arab Spring, then the Tsunami... now an earthquake. We just don't have any luck in this recovery.

Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at August 23, 2011 10:05 AM (nRTou)

18 Obama is such a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure that the earth is turning against us!

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:05 AM (pV6cO)

19 Felt it in central Ohio. Though I was tripping on Cherry Coke or losing my damn mind. Glad I wasn't doing either.

Posted by: Alex #11 at August 23, 2011 10:05 AM (B3bkc)

20 Just felt it here in central Jersey. Middlesex County about five minutes ago...

Posted by: Olliander at August 23, 2011 10:05 AM (6uiF7)

21 Hank Johnson was right - the US is tipping over!

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:05 AM (9hSKh)

22

So... once California breaks off and sinks into the sea and the east coast breaks off and sinks into the sea, all that will be left is flyover country. Posted by: Anachronda

Hate to burst your genocidal bubble the San Andreas fault a strike-slip fault. We're not sinking into the sea; we're just on the world's slowest cruise to Alaska.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (DEcmU)

23 We got hit with a 5.7 in Colorado last night.

Posted by: Hey.Wheres.Barry at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (gQLr2)

24 then there is this ten hours old but WTH? 9newsdotcom 9NEWS Denver Magnitude 5.3 earthquake hits southern Colorado bit.ly/r9tj42 #9NEWS 10 hours ago Retweeted 75 times

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (14jKX)

25 We felt it all the way up here in Michigan.  Can't believe something that was just a 5.8 could travel that far.

Posted by: Clark at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (id8aj)

26 I'm north of Baltimore and that was freaky as shit.  Ceiling fans bouncing, glasses rattling, walls shaking.  That scared the hell out of me.

Posted by: Hedgehog at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (Rn2kl)

27
See? Environmentally-aware policies like ours keep civilization safe from earthquakes.

Posted by: Clownifornia at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (3AuGS)

28 I didn't feel anything where I am in NJ.Am listening to Master of Puppets though.

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (pV6cO)

29 And an "earthquake swarm" around Trinidad, Colorado.

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (Hx5uv)

30 If you see my windows rockin', don't come a knockin'

Posted by: Dominique Strauss Kahn at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (6uiF7)

31 USGS isn't showing any new ones anywhere near Indiana, so I think we felt this one here, too - our building started swaying a little around that time.

Posted by: curiously invisible at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (ggRof)

32 Lol, I am down here in Charlotte, NC. 

I was sitting here working on my computer and my chair started to sway like someone was shaking it from behind.  I even turned around to see if someone had snuck in was playing a joke on me.  I figured maybe my leg was just having a muscle spasm or something and then turned on TV and heard this.

Weird.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 23, 2011 10:06 AM (uVlA4)

33 I tried to tell you sinners.

Posted by: the reverend Fred Phelps at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (Hx5uv)

34

I felt it here in Pittsburgh.

It's the only one I've ever experience. They never happen here.

Posted by: Ben at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (wuv1c)

35 Anybody seeing the DC evac reports?

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (14jKX)

36 Californian here.  Welcome to the club. They are quite unsettling, pun not intended. When terra firma ain't, it's spooky.  Stay safe.

Posted by: observer at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (5mmm1)

37 College Park, MD.  That's the second earthquake I've felt in a year.  This was a little more wobbly than the last one.

Posted by: Anony at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (7ahtU)

38 USGS

a depth of only 3.7 miles

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (k1rwm)

39 5.3 yesterday in CO.  Is Christie on the move or is Cheney prepping for a wild night of the cougar?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 23, 2011 10:07 AM (4nfy2)

40
See? Environmentally-aware policies like ours keep civilization safe from earthquakes.

Posted by: Clownifornia at August 23, 2011 02:06 PM (3AuGS)





A steady diet of magma gives me gas. I feel a belch coming on.......

Posted by: San Andreas Fault at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (3AuGS)

41 Earthquake=Angry Gaia=Global Warming Climate Change

Posted by: Derek C at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (5dRZO)

42 Global Warming.  That's it.  My gig ain't up after all!

Posted by: Al Gore at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (5mmm1)

43 Definitely noticeable in Toronto. Chairs wobbling and most of the office noticed it right away. 

Posted by: grognard at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (NS2Mo)

44
Wow, this could be really bad...

 I live in Cali, and we are used to them.  Which is to say, we build our structures accordingly.

Virginia/DC area has brick construction EVERYWHERE, which is the worst when it comes to earthquakes.

Posted by: dan-O at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (BAjNF)

45 Luckly for Obama the Earthquake hit right when he just barely missed a putt and the quake knocked the ball in the hole a la Caddy Shack sans the dynamite

Posted by: Ben at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (wuv1c)

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (k1rwm)

47 We've had 8 earthquakes/aftershocks last 2 days at Colorado/New Mexico border. Fun stuff. 

Posted by: Don't forget us at August 23, 2011 10:08 AM (+1nzj)

48 I FELT IT IN OHIO OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: ace is a loser at August 23, 2011 10:09 AM (VPRy5)

49 Well, that's what it was.  I figured, since the Con-Ed plant two blocks away didn't have some catastrophic failure.  Which is good, since I like that plant.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 23, 2011 10:09 AM (9CM5J)

50 I posted on the other thread. I'm in Lansdale, PA (north of Philly) and I felt it here -- no one else in the starbucks noticed it -- but I'm from L.A and it's a feeling you don't forget. Then my husband in downtown D.C. called and said that one of his co-workers ran out of the building he was so freaked out by the shaking there.

Posted by: elizabethe at August 23, 2011 10:09 AM (WKBQk)

51 Felt it here in Radnor, PA.  Thought the coworker across from me was shaking our desk.  She looked at me, thinking I was shaking the desk.  Then we realized the desk was shaking all by itself.  First one I've ever been through (obviously).

Posted by: Dave R at August 23, 2011 10:09 AM (UOhp3)

52

Trenton rocked pretty good

Posted by: trenton makes at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (EK8Z5)

53 Felt it where we live, just outside Philadelphia. It's only the second earthquake here in 25 years or so. Scary! Hope everyone's ok.

Posted by: dulce at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (ANcW5)

54 Didn't feel it in Savannah. 

Experienced one in upstate SC years ago.  My horse began running and freaking out in his pasture about 15 minutes before the quake.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (UOM48)

55 22 Hate to burst your genocidal bubble the San Andreas fault a strike-slip fault. We're not sinking into the sea; we're just on the world's slowest cruise to Alaska.
_________

Another beautiful theory ruined by ugly fact.

(where is that keyword-searchable Bloom County archive when you need it?)

Posted by: Anachronda at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (IrbU4)

56 Rick Perry must be there wearin' his ass-kickin' boots.

Posted by: Ducatisti at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (KYE7u)

57 Woohoo! Earthquake virginity lost! Lived in California for two+ years, never felt one.

Posted by: JohnW at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (otAf3)

Posted by: phreshone at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (T3vCe)

59 I like all-you-can east night at Casa de Mexico.  You got a problem with that?

Posted by: Chris Christie at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (9CM5J)

60 Gaiya is punishing the House Republicans for Stonewalling the Messiah......Heed the warning Boehnor and Cantor...Heed the warning for I am Barack Hussien Obamaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa you mere mortals !!!!!!!

Posted by: Squiggy Jones at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (48wze)

61 WEWS WEWS NewsChannel5 JUST IN: Several downtown Cleveland buildings being evacuated after an earthquake felt NE Ohio: 5.wews.com/XNF 5 minutes ago Cleveland.

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (14jKX)

62 How paranoid does this sound?  When I finally rapped my head around the face that this was an earthquake, I started looking outside the building for a mushroom cloud...

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (9hSKh)

63 The crawl on CNBC said the pentagon is being evacuated.

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (k1rwm)

64 Lower Hudson valley in NY. Didn't feel a damn thing.

Posted by: real joe at August 23, 2011 10:10 AM (j+oeN)

65 Got a pretty good shake in King of Prussia, PA.  Guess I can check that one off my bucket list.

Posted by: Tim at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (xq7pr)

66 Mr. Earthquake is asleep at the wheel  (no Drudge Siren yet)

Posted by: mark x at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (plLN9)

67 "Pikers"

Posted by: Fukushima at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (nQR0p)

68 Felt it here outside Montreal, QC...it was a weird one...very wavy like a boat on the water

Posted by: CanaDave at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (IuNVR)

69 meow

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (UOM48)

70 quakes travel further in the hard rock of the east....

Posted by: phreshone at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (T3vCe)

71 48 I FELT IT IN OHIO OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's what she said? 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (9hSKh)

72 I'm in Michigan, and we felt it here, and we don't like earthquakes.  We get tornadoes, isn't that enough?

Posted by: Biblio at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (y5VNb)

73 Mineral, VA?

North Ana Nuclear Power Station is located near there.

Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2011 10:11 AM (HjPtV)

74 Southwest connecticut here and the building was moving enough for everyone to go outside. Hopefully the next one is a 11.8 which opens up a sinkhole the size of dc and drops it straight into hot molton magma.

Posted by: Evil Libertarian at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (8z8uV)

75 I blame congress.

Posted by: B. OdipO at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (4nfy2)

76 Knoxville, TN - din't feel a thing but on the 11th floor of a super reinforced concrete building. Funny to see my twitter and facebook feed go nuts at once.

Posted by: Doc at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (xoU55)

77 Well, that's gonna fuck up the economy....

Posted by: Prez SCoaMF at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (3Okgs)

78 31 Exact same scenario for me. But I work solo in my office, so that was extra bizarre.

Posted by: Alex #11 at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (B3bkc)

79 @62 No kidding.  My first glance was towards the Con-Ed building, the next across the East River towards Manhattan.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (9CM5J)

80

You know how this helps, right? It gives Ear Leader a new "we were recovering just fine until an earthquake capsized Virginia" excuse.

 

Posted by: Anachronda at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (IrbU4)

81 This is why Porkulus II:  Open the Floodgates! won't work.

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (Hx5uv)

82 No Drudge Siren but big red headline

Posted by: blaster at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (l5dj7)

83 Earthquake or just Obama's numbers plunging ????

Posted by: Wallace Gorgan at August 23, 2011 10:12 AM (48wze)

84 whoa.  Felt pretty strong here in the Raleigh/Durham NC area!

Posted by: jjmurphy at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (xjEAl)

85 Dammit.  Earthquake caused me to miss the putt.  That, and the Japanese tsunami.

Posted by: King Putt at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (UOM48)

86 Mineral, VA? North Ana Nuclear Power Station is located near there. *** yikes.

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (14jKX)

87 As a former Californian - all that I can say is Hang On Morons!  Those after shocks can really rock as well.  Stay safe

Posted by: Cheri at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (G+Wff)

88 "We're not sinking into the sea; we're just on the world's slowest cruise to Alaska." North to Alaska! North to Alaska! Sing it, everybody!

Posted by: mike at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (4OBac)

89 Cell service is out here in Alexandria, no damage. 

Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (WkuV6)

90 I felt the quake in Concord, NH. Thought I was having a heart attack or going crazy!

Posted by: T. at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (PpPc5)

91 Just felt in St. Louis, or something anyway.  The building was shaking.

Posted by: Big Zesty at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (r5bw0)

92 My friend just emailed me a link to a different sort of earthquake, if you know what I mean, and I think you don't, because I don't make any damn sense most of the time.

Posted by: sybil at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (9CM5J)

93 I felt it in Toronto ...

Posted by: FD at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (d8xp6)

94 Ah good, an excuse for this quarter's GDP numbers.

Posted by: Mentat-Emperor Barky I the Scapegoater at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (O6l28)

95 I am in Richmond, VA. 6.2 earthquake shook house. Felt like big truck driving by but it lasted for 30 seconds. Went outside for safety.

Posted by: dri at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (4uWkx)

96 Mankind must awaken to the looming threat of Anthropogenic Tectonic Destabilization.  But first, we'll need a leader to educate the public.  I am presently between gigs and would be willing to undertake such a role for the right compensation package.

Posted by: Algore, Scientific Expert In All Things Sciencey at August 23, 2011 10:13 AM (QKKT0)

97 ...And I thought I was losing my mind until I saw the water sloshing around in the water bottle on my desk.

Posted by: JohnW at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (otAf3)

98 We here in the Shit Mitten of Michigan didn't feel a thing, but we're surrounded by water so if we had a 6.0 we'd sink. 

I lived in DC for 10 years and I swear DC is sinking anyway.  Could be the end for that town (I think its built on a swamp.  Well, it has a lot of swamp people on the hill, anyway). 

Posted by: Aunty Entity at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (FU3yL)

99 5.8 wont do shit to a reactor containment vessel.

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (pV6cO)

100 Twitter saying Capitol building and control towers at JFK and Newark were evaced.

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (14jKX)

101 Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker. Posted by: blaster


Yes, we are.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (iYbLN)

102 North Ana Nuclear Power Station is located near there.

Not helping the paranoia here! 

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (9hSKh)

103 78 Well, that's gonna fuck up the economy....

______

Just another excuse for King Putt


 

Posted by: mark x at August 23, 2011 10:14 AM (plLN9)

104

Holy shitballs! Felt it here north Jersey! A first for me, how exciting. Haven't ate lunch, thought it was my stomach growling. My wharehouse manager said he saw a shelf sway! YOWZA!!

 

Posted by: dananjcon at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (8ieXv)

105 One report stated it was caused by Rosie O'Donnell running after ice cream truck.

Posted by: dri at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (4uWkx)

106 Yes, we are.

lol, of course.   

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (9hSKh)

107 I thought it was the T-9 combo I just wolfed from Taco Bell

Posted by: scottythrust at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (VTeUD)

108 Just another thing the stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure can blame for the bad economy.

Posted by: The Great Satan's Ghost at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (UrPTC)

109 I was just thinking about the great Charleston quake while we were there this weekend.  Tourists always wonder what those funny bolt thingys are that run through the buildings. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (UOM48)

110 Look at it this way, it give Obama one more thing to blame for his low approval ratings.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (iYbLN)

111 Twitter saying Capitol building and control towers at JFK and Newark were evaced.

Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 02:14 PM (14jKX)

Uh, why?


Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (9CM5J)

112 Pussies!

Posted by: Californian at August 23, 2011 10:15 AM (1cx/R)

113 That was bizarre. My office building seemed to shake for quite awhile (in Shenandoah Valley, VA).

Posted by: changer1701 at August 23, 2011 10:16 AM (xktXL)

114 Yes, we are.

lol, of course.   
Posted by: Kratos


Just so long as you are okay sweetie.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:16 AM (iYbLN)

115

>>How paranoid does this sound? When I finally rapped my head around the face that this was an earthquake, I started looking outside the building for a mushroom cloud...

 that is paranoid. I thought it was a head issue I was having related to not eating or drinking enough, then i thought it was a structural issue

Posted by: Ben at August 23, 2011 10:16 AM (wuv1c)

116 Don't look at me...it was HIM!

Posted by: Quisp at August 23, 2011 10:16 AM (ZY+lZ)

117

Holy shitballs! Felt it here north Jersey! A first for me, how exciting. Haven't ate lunch, thought it was my stomach growling. My wharehouse manager said he saw a shelf sway! YOWZA!!

Same here - I thought I was having a hunger headache.  Damn...there goes any chance of being productive this afternoon.  Thankfully I wasn't running any sensitive experiments.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:16 AM (9hSKh)

118 113 The world is pussified??

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:16 AM (pV6cO)

119 One report stated it was caused by Rosie O'Donnell running after ice cream truck.

I heard that she fell on a fumbled doughnut.

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (Hx5uv)

120 I've always liked our earthquakes - they're like free rollercoaster rides. 

Posted by: kathysaysso at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (ZtwUX)

121 Felt it here in Chicago too...no wait, either oprah fell out of bed or it was a earth rumbling load of jizz that hit emanuel in the face courtesy of some West Side preacher.

Posted by: LtT26 at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (Qsk03)

122 Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker.

Laughing until we realize that the old houses aren't built for this.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (bjRNS)

123 Did Martha's Vineyard tip over?

Posted by: ronno at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (nQR0p)

124 I get a kick out of the stupid news people when these things happen, " ya see when the tectonic plates push up against each other, evenutally they snap and they cause the earth to move".

Thanks for explaining it too all us dumb doofuses.

Not to mention the "people have had to evacuate buildings for safety,  Oh the Humanity."

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (4nfy2)

125

Want a good one?

Make fun of us anymore?

Posted by: Californian at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (1cx/R)

126 113 Twitter saying Capitol building and control towers at JFK and Newark were evaced.
Posted by: tasker at August 23, 2011 02:14 PM (14jKX)

Uh, why?
__________

Because they can, mostly.

Posted by: Anachronda at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (IrbU4)

127 Wonder if Barky felt it on the Vineyard?  Hope he was wearing his lil' bike helmet if he was biking.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (UOM48)

128

Uh, why?


Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at August 23, 2011 02:15 PM (9CM5J)

Yeah I was wondering that myownself; didn't feel it in the Soviet Republic of Cleveland Heights, btw.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (yKL37)

129 I live about 20 minutes SW of the epicenter and it was really strong.  Scared the kiddies and wife.  I may have sharted a lil.

Posted by: pixelflash at August 23, 2011 10:17 AM (9qpmz)

130 wolf blitzer is alone in the newsroom, no one wants to go back in....

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:18 AM (k1rwm)

131 Chris, will you stop with the jumping jacks!

Posted by: Mrs. Christie, with the Governor in VA at August 23, 2011 10:18 AM (RD7QR)

132 Would it be perverse of me to say I wish there would be another earthquake? Because that was actually cool as shit.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 23, 2011 10:18 AM (TADg9)

133 5.8

Pffft.

Posted by: Cicero, Veteran of Northridge, Whittier Narrows, Sylmar and a Shitload of Other Big Quakes at August 23, 2011 10:18 AM (QKKT0)

134 Do it again!!!

Posted by: Veep Joe Biden at August 23, 2011 10:18 AM (pV6cO)

135 I'm sure we can all see the need for a comprehensive plate tectonics tax now.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (+lsX1)

136 Just so long as you are okay sweetie.

I am, so is probably everybody this far away, but I'm worried about the people close to the epicenter, especially if they have older homes and buildings. 

Prayers go out that everyone's alright.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (9hSKh)

137 >>> >>>103 Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker. Posted by: blaster
>>>Yes, we are.
Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 02:14 PM (iYbLN)


A mag 6 in California and a mag 6 in Virgina are not comparable in any way.

It is true that it isn't a huge deal here in California.  There would be very very minor damage. 

But as I said above, VA is not equipped to handle this.  Brick construction is a nightmare for earthquakes!  And it is everywhere in DC area.  Brick is essentially a bunch of stacked up rocks.  The mortar is basically non-existent during an earthquake.

In fact, when a 6.0 happens in California, the "damage" the news always manages to find is an old brick wall somewhere.

Posted by: dan-O at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (BAjNF)

138 Sorry, folks.  Michelle tripped and fell.

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (ggRof)

139 So, an earthquake hits DC and NY.... how long until Alex Jones blames this on some Chinese earth-rumbler super weapon?

Posted by: Johnny (John E.) at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (nRTou)

140

It's nuttin'.

You stupid easteners get out of Times Square, back to your offices and get back in the Capitol.

Posted by: Californian at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (1cx/R)

141 I heard the Moochelle fell down the same time the quake happened...just sayin'.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:19 AM (iYbLN)

142 Heh.

It would take an 8.7 to shake its way through the fog of coke and booze in the SCOAMF's noggin.

Posted by: sifty at August 23, 2011 10:20 AM (mCSGM)

143 My sister in Cincinnati just reported feeling it at her office too.  (That sounded perverted.)  Office is all abuzz. 

Strange that my husband is 20 minutes away (in SC) and it rocked his office, but I felt nothing here at home.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 23, 2011 10:20 AM (ycuSb)

144 136

I hear ya.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:20 AM (iYbLN)

145 Helen Thomas got a nut.

Posted by: sifty at August 23, 2011 10:20 AM (mCSGM)

146 I just farted. Sorry about that!

Posted by: Michelle Obama at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (nd0uY)

147 When you actually see telephone pools bend and the roadways buckle and make waves wake me up.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (iYbLN)

148

I was told (while in college in Utah) to stand in a doorway with open beer. Hope this helps.

Hope all morons and 'ettes ok.

Did this mess up The One's golf swing or improve his shot?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (FnRYN)

149

Was driving down the Ohio turnpike listening to an Indiana station and they said it was felt in Angola IN.

East coast is one big, old, rock. Earthquakes travel far and wide.

Posted by: Jimmah at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (NIjD4)

150 pools = polls  duh.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (iYbLN)

151 Here in Williamsburg that Earthquake rocked us like a Hurricane!

Posted by: Merrittk at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (RHAp1)

152 The great Charleston, SC earthquake of 1886 is estimated to have been a 6.6 - 7.  Killed approx. 110 people.


Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:21 AM (UOM48)

153 142 So, an earthquake hits DC and NY.... how long until Alex Jones blames this on some Chinese earth-rumbler super weapon?
__________

Teahadis in the HAARP control room.

Posted by: Anachronda at August 23, 2011 10:22 AM (IrbU4)

154 I'm sure we can all see the need for a comprehensive plate tectonics tax now.

Yes we can stop plate tectonics!

Posted by: WalrusRex at August 23, 2011 10:22 AM (Hx5uv)

155 The great Charleston, SC earthquake of 1886 is estimated to have been a 6.6 - 7.  Killed approx. 110 people.


Posted by: Jane D'oh

Now that is a big mother.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:22 AM (iYbLN)

156 North Anna Nuclear Power Station.  Mineral, VA. is just to the SW of the station, in the second circle  LINK

Posted by: mrp at August 23, 2011 10:22 AM (HjPtV)

157 Californian here.  Welcome to the club. They are quite unsettling, pun not intended. When terra firma ain't, it's spooky.  Stay safe.

Posted by: observer

Thanks. it was more unnerving than anything else here.

Posted by: Blue Hen may need a diaper change at August 23, 2011 10:22 AM (326rv)

158 I didn't feel shit! That's what SHE said!

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:22 AM (pV6cO)

159 The percussion section is warmed up, let's move on to the woodwinds.

Posted by: The Mayan Warm-up Band at August 23, 2011 10:23 AM (0N5pL)

160 This was just DC shifting to the right.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 23, 2011 10:23 AM (uVlA4)

161
Wonder if Barky felt it on the Vineyard?





The Tea Party managed to infiltrate NASA and use the secret earthquake beam on the Space Shuttle to mess with the President on his vacation.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 23, 2011 10:23 AM (3AuGS)

162 What libtard will be the first to proclaim this as a continuing sign of global warming? 

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 23, 2011 10:23 AM (ycuSb)

163 135 Would it be perverse of me to say I wish there would be another earthquake? Because that was actually cool as shit.

Posted by: Jeff B. at August 23, 2011 02:18 PM (TADg9)

Nah...was thinking the same thing. It was my first and I want some more, the sensation was wierd but cool.

 

Posted by: dananjcon at August 23, 2011 10:23 AM (8ieXv)

164 Here in the DOOMED state of California when an earthquake of 6.0 or less hits the natives (like myself) usually say "Did you feel that?".

Posted by: thefred at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (+kliO)

165

Also felt that here in northern Baltimore.  Got kinda nervous the way my office was shaking about, but otherwise wasn't impressed.  Hopefully my cat didn't freak out at home too much.

Also, based on all the responders in this thread, I'm thinking "Maryland Moron Meetup." 

Posted by: Hal at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (MftY/)

166 Breaking: Maxine Waters just arrested for prematurely looting a DC area Best Buy.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (+lsX1)

167 It would be funny if Chrissy Matthews soiled himself.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (UOM48)

168 I felt it here in Toronto, it was weak but long in duration and I am on 12th and top floor of building and we syayed for about 2 min. My 3rd quake...weakest but longest by far...scared the crap outta me because of duration. Hope ya'll are ok down there in Va

Posted by: n0va59 at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (pwHTl)

169 I've never been through an earthquake before this one, and I hope never to have to go through one again.

Posted by: Amichel at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (xZ8Ay)

170  The crawl on CNBC said the pentagon is being evacuated.

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 02:10 PM

 

Awww man.  That's just embarrassing.

Posted by: Terry at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (Jauav)

171 "Mineral, VA?

North Ana Nuclear Power Station is located near there."



Crap, it's like State of Fear only with earthquakes.

Posted by: Anony at August 23, 2011 10:24 AM (7ahtU)

172 Anyone with a link to live news on the web?

Posted by: Doc at August 23, 2011 10:25 AM (xoU55)

173 112 Look at it this way, it give Obama one more thing to blame for his low approval ratings.

Incorrect... the quake was caused by his approval rating hitting rock bottom and then starting to dig further.

Posted by: Brandon In Baton Rouge at August 23, 2011 10:25 AM (VZ10+)

174 The areas that will really feel it will be any places built on fill.  Fill + high magnituse quake = liquefaction.   Not good.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:25 AM (iYbLN)

175 You gonna start listening to me now?

Posted by: Al Gore, Epic Loser at August 23, 2011 10:25 AM (3Okgs)

176 What you don't want is to be in the elevator of a tall bldg when an earthquake hits. It's like you are a human maracas.

Posted by: mike at August 23, 2011 10:25 AM (4OBac)

177 I felt tremors here an hour NW of Philly (Montgomery county). My one bro in DC has texted me to say he's OK, but the other one (in VA) hasn't. Any morons in the DC area know if there's been damage to buildings, roads, etc.? OK. I'll read the comments now.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (21lBC)

178 Breaking: Maxine Waters just arrested for prematurely looting a DC area Best Buy.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head

Bwahahahahaha!  Was John Lewis holding the door open?

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (iYbLN)

179 174 I agree.That place is a fortress.

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (pV6cO)

180 Maybe Barney Frank just rubbed one out.

Really though, I wish all those preening fuckfaces were in DC instead of on vaykay.

Could you imagine the pussified shit you'd hear?

And I wish Boehner, McConnell, Graham, Snowe...I could go on,

but especially that fuckin Hatch.would be in a building that came down.

Posted by: LtT26 at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (Qsk03)

181

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at August 23, 2011 02:24 PM (+lsX1)

Bravo

Posted by: The Mayan Warm-up Band at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (0N5pL)

182 Hah!

DRUDGE: Obama was on golf course... Developing... 

Posted by: weft cut-loop at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (DEcmU)

183

Exactly, mpfs. 

Should we give them lessons?

If you feel it, bend your knees. Don't stand in a doorway or get under a table.

The latest best advice that I use is to get a support of some kind over your head, and shelter beside..I said beside, something like a bed or desk. It makes an air pocket.

Do NOT get under a table or bed. It can flatten you. Make an air pocket.

You guys ok now?

Posted by: Californian at August 23, 2011 10:26 AM (1cx/R)

184

PLACE YOUR BETS!

How long until someone blames Fracking? I'm taking 8 hours.....

Posted by: Gerry Owen at August 23, 2011 10:27 AM (4ABat)

185 So it starts to rumble and roll - all of these people run out of the restaurant I was in - by going thru a plate glass enclosed lobby ...

Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2011 10:27 AM (WkuV6)

186 I've never been through an earthquake before this one, and I hope never to have to go through one again.

The worst for me (about a year back) was one when I was next to my big fish tank (~80 gallons). Watching the water sway out of time with the earth was definitely creepy.

Posted by: Meiczyslaw at August 23, 2011 10:27 AM (bjRNS)

187 I believe someone predicted this the other day.  LOL

Posted by: Barbarian at August 23, 2011 10:27 AM (EL+OC)

188 chique - my cell isn't working in northern Virginia, no texts or calls, oddly email and web works to it?

Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (WkuV6)

189 All these people going on and on on TV "OMG!! 9-11!!!". Are we going to have to hear the same thing every time these people are in a plane crash or terrorist attack? 'Cuz that's gonna get real old.

Posted by: OMG! Panic! at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (UulOD)

190 166
JeffB

No you don't.  When you witness you car actually moving in your parking space you tend to feel all the blood rush from your head.  Believe me, it's no pic-i-nic.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (iYbLN)

191 Has Obama called for the need  for more infrastructure spending yet?

Posted by: Don't forget us at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (+1nzj)

192 I have attention whores in my office claiming they felt it. It was 'scary'.

No you didn't stupid broads. STFU.

Posted by: lu at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (pLTLS)

193 I felt it here along Lake Erie.  I've felt them before but most are from offshore in the lake.  This one was weak but lasted about 30 seconds.  Tried to post to the USGS, they want to know who felt it, but it's overwhelmed right now.

Posted by: Deanna at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (U7pcm)

194 NC, too!! Raleigh

Posted by: DefendUSA at August 23, 2011 10:28 AM (c81D+)

195 Incorrect... the quake was caused by his approval rating hitting rock bottom and then starting to dig further.

No, Meggy McCain took her bra off.

Posted by: Lady in Black at August 23, 2011 10:29 AM (ycuSb)

196 187, I'll bet the Erfqwake caused Obama to miss a put that would have given him his first Par. It's just not his fault.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 23, 2011 10:30 AM (ZDUD4)

197 The Pentagon is not being evacuated. This was erroneous MSNBC reporting.

Posted by: Alex #11 at August 23, 2011 10:30 AM (B3bkc)

198 Fox is saying the Washington Monument is tilting.... obviously, this is the start of the Zombie Apocalypse.

/also, I am in north Detroit suburbs, felt NOTHING.

Posted by: shibumi at August 23, 2011 10:30 AM (z63Tr)

199 Megan says the Washinton Monument may be tilting.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 23, 2011 10:31 AM (ZDUD4)

200 The Pentagon is not being evacuated. This was erroneous MSNBC reporting. Posted by: Alex #11

What other kind of reporting do you expect from PMSNBC?

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:31 AM (iYbLN)

201

  Younger daughter called, she felt it too , 12 miles outside Saratoga Springs in upstate New York.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 23, 2011 10:31 AM (ud5dN)

202 Felt it for about two seconds in northern Vermont.  No damage but it was a decent shaker.

Posted by: Dell - Son Of Libertea at August 23, 2011 10:31 AM (3S10h)

203 Shook buildings in Boston. Enough to set off fire alarms in some highrises. 

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at August 23, 2011 10:32 AM (ijjAe)

204 It is being reported that O said the earthquake is Bush's Fault.

Posted by: MrTea at August 23, 2011 10:32 AM (XWMLc)

205 204 Good.Fucking useless failures at MSDNC.

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:32 AM (pV6cO)

206 Breaking: Shep Smith reporting that hundreds of evacuated children have been murdered in the Superdome.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at August 23, 2011 10:32 AM (+lsX1)

207 Everyone at MSDNC is soiling themselves right now.  What a bunch of pussies.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:33 AM (UOM48)

208 204 Yeah, this is the hard hitting, in-depth reporting we get from the MFM

Posted by: Alex #11 at August 23, 2011 10:33 AM (B3bkc)

209 210 Breaking: Shep Smith reporting that hundreds of evacuated children have been murdered in the Superdome.

Posted by: Gristle Encased Head at August 23, 2011 02:32 PM (+lsX1)

And then eaten...

Posted by: Hedgehog at August 23, 2011 10:33 AM (Rn2kl)

210 202 1000 CC's of Viagra,stat!!!

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:33 AM (pV6cO)

211 210 Breaking: Shep Smith reporting that hundreds of evacuated children have been murdered in the Superdome.

And there's mass rapin' and murderin'.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:33 AM (UOM48)

212 214, LOL

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 23, 2011 10:33 AM (ZDUD4)

213 The news really is bi-coastal isn't it.  Apparently, the center of the universe is NYC.

There must be more news somewhere other than talking about there is no tsunami warning to be issued.  Ya know, cause its VA!

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 23, 2011 10:34 AM (4nfy2)

214 Living in VA, about 45 minutes south of the epicenter, Mineral, VA, I would have to say it was rather freaky, surprisingly no reports of injuries, our nuclear plants have been shut down, and it has been felt in maine

Posted by: Gator in VA at August 23, 2011 10:34 AM (uZdxA)

215 Check your foundations and gas lines, people. 

Posted by: Y-not at August 23, 2011 10:34 AM (5H6zj)

216

If you feel it, bend your knees. Don't stand in a doorway or get under a table.

The latest best advice that I use is to get a support of some kind over your head, and shelter beside..I said beside, something like a bed or desk. It makes an air pocket.

Do NOT get under a table or bed. It can flatten you. Make an air pocket.

You guys ok now?

Posted by: Californian

We're fine here in Delaware; just scred the crap out of us  for about 10 seconds tops.

I thought that doorways were a good thing. This is incorrect?

Posted by: Blue Hen may need a diaper change at August 23, 2011 10:34 AM (6rX0K)

217 180 What you don't want is to be in the elevator of a tall bldg when an earthquake hits. It's like you are a human maracas.

My son is in the Coast Guard in San Diego and got stuck in an elevator during an earthshake down there for about two hours.  Man, was he pissed!

Posted by: Aunty Entity at August 23, 2011 10:34 AM (FU3yL)

218 Hmmm...does anyone know the immediate whereabouts of Rick Perry??

Posted by: dananjcon at August 23, 2011 10:35 AM (8ieXv)

219 If the Washington Monument fell over onto the White House, that would neatly symbolize the Obama administration.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2011 10:35 AM (tqwMN)

220 Where in the hell is Geraldo, can't have a decent diaster without that annoying, miserable fuckstick.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 23, 2011 10:35 AM (ZDUD4)

221 In Phoenix we get 300+ days of sunshine, 7 inches of rain per year. What we don't get is earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, tsunamis, or flash mobs. Insurance companies use us like ObamaCare uses the young and healthy. Ok, so we get the occasional Haboob, but that just makes things dusty for a few days. Oh, and illegal immigrants to do the shit i dont want to do. I guess no place can be perfect. I'm gonna go grab a sandwich and watch the ASU co-eds stroll by, and then take a swim.

Posted by: MostlyInAZ at August 23, 2011 10:35 AM (ZG8Ti)

222 I should have known better than to mock Jon Huntsman. Obviously we are now feeling his wrath. Still, he is still a little turd sorting monkey.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 23, 2011 10:35 AM (ZgvjV)

223 217 The news really is bi-coastal isn't it.  Apparently, the center of the universe is NYC.

Only NYers can talk about the earthquake!!!!1111!!!! because we're the only ones who care!!!1111!!!!!!

Posted by: insanely curious at August 23, 2011 10:36 AM (UOM48)

224

Looks like the unreinforced old brick buildings can hold up during a quake.

 

Posted by: Californian at August 23, 2011 10:36 AM (1cx/R)

225 Alright you experienced earthquakers, when do the after shocks come?

Posted by: Hedgehog at August 23, 2011 10:36 AM (Rn2kl)

226 And Obama per Fox...busy golfing. No kidding.

Posted by: MostlyRight at August 23, 2011 10:36 AM (ZG8Ti)

227 6.0?  I don't even wake up for those.....

Posted by: Clownifornian at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (8g9qq)

228 229, They are probably happening now. You just won't feel them.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (ZDUD4)

229 It was so exciting!  Haven't felt that since I lived in CA! The cats totally freaked out.  Waiting for the aftershocks.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (C7KNt)

230 223 If the Washington Monument fell over onto the White House, that would neatly symbolize the Obama administration.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2011 02:35 PM (tqwMN)


Sad but true.

Posted by: insanely curious at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (UOM48)

231 Sorry if its been mentioned,

For those who don't know, scale work on 10's  for example

a 5.8 is twice the size of a 5.7
a 8.0 is 10 times the size of a 7.0
etc..

The system is techincally accurate but perceptually inaccurate, as it fails to convey to people the huge scale jump.  Depending on the location people can get used to 6.0-7.0 and no big death disaster from it then a 7.8 happens and all hell breaks loose and people are confused why the nearly as large were no big deal.

Posted by: Shiggz at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (v8Pb8)

232 Holy crap that was intense. crap falling off the walls and such.

Posted by: BSR at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (BH4RQ)

233 No aftershocks reported on USGS earthquake page yet. 

Posted by: Aunty Entity at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (FU3yL)

234 GUESS WHO'S STILL IN CHARGE?

OBAMA, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

Posted by: God at August 23, 2011 10:37 AM (5rYzF)

235

Cool Midtownites, flooding into streets!

Posted by: REMAIN CALM at August 23, 2011 10:38 AM (1cx/R)

236 What if the Wash Monument toppled and hit the MLK thing?  Would that be a sign?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at August 23, 2011 10:38 AM (4nfy2)

237 And I'm about 8 miles out of DC...the local high school students across the street loved it.

Posted by: Quint&Jessel, Sea of Azof, Bly, UK at August 23, 2011 10:38 AM (C7KNt)

238 240, RACIST!!!!

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at August 23, 2011 10:38 AM (ZDUD4)

239 But Colorado has had about 10 earthquakes today, including a 5.3. 

Posted by: Aunty Entity at August 23, 2011 10:38 AM (FU3yL)

240 Richmond has resorted to cannibalism. Gangs of Revers are terrorizing the populace. Home owners are arming themselves. The end times is nigh...

Posted by: dri at August 23, 2011 10:39 AM (4uWkx)

241 5.3 shook my couch and china cabinet last night. I know they increase exponentially, but you'd think this 5.9 is the end of the world  by watching the news.

Posted by: Don't forget us at August 23, 2011 10:39 AM (+1nzj)

242 I'm in RI and felt nothing.  A few of my friends did, though.

One of us is hitting the bottle too hard this early in the day.

Posted by: rktkt at August 23, 2011 10:39 AM (zXkiJ)

243 Bret Baier's earthquake report

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 23, 2011 10:39 AM (o2lIv)

244

You should all come down to Florida where we only worry about hurricanes, sink holes, palmetto bugs and Charlie Crist.

I do hope all are ok, as it is a very scary feeling and briefly disorienting, even for morons and 'ettes who are the bravest people on the planet.

I would have given anything to have witnessed Dear Leader during the quake. I'll bet his SS agents wet their golf shorts along with him.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 10:39 AM (FnRYN)

245

#229

As said above, there are minor ones happening right now. Google 'Most Recent Earthquakes' and see.

After an hour, you'll be pretty good to go. No biggies.

Posted by: REMAIN CALM at August 23, 2011 10:40 AM (1cx/R)

246 Don't forget about me.

Posted by: Hurricane Irene, giving the stink eye to Martha's Vineyard at August 23, 2011 10:40 AM (UOM48)

247

President Obama is already hard at work surveying the damage to NYC caused by this earthquakeÂ….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92yPWGQnLew

Posted by: wiserbud at August 23, 2011 10:40 AM (3Okgs)

248 Nothing felt in NJ where I am,my cat was sleeping on the bed and never stirred.

Posted by: steevy at August 23, 2011 10:40 AM (pV6cO)

249 210 Breaking: Shep Smith reporting that hundreds of evacuated children have been murdered in the Superdome.

I can confirm this story.

Society is collapsing, PANIC!!!!!ELEVENTY!1

Posted by: Geraldo at August 23, 2011 10:41 AM (z63Tr)

250 What if the Wash Monument toppled and hit the MLK thing?  Would that be a sign?

China would get the contract to build both under Union construction administration. Thus ensuring the cost, quality, and construction schedule to be the worst possible result imaginable.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at August 23, 2011 10:41 AM (ijjAe)

251 Felt it too.  It was like wow cool.

Posted by: Madame Queen at August 23, 2011 10:41 AM (5rYzF)

252 Tremblors felt here in the Charlotte, NC area. Lasted about 10 seconds or so. Pretty intense.

Posted by: rustbucket at August 23, 2011 10:42 AM (E2hov)

253 Some of you guys are funny. "That couldn't have been a 5.8, it HAD to be at least a 6." Morons go from being too hung over to not know what day of the week it is to being able to differentiate .2 on the Richter Scale. I'll give some leeway to native Californians who went through this quake. Everyone else - just be safe. If you can feel it, it doesn't matter the #, it's dangerous.

Posted by: Joejm65 at August 23, 2011 10:42 AM (NImqI)

254 Any tsunamis forecast for Martha's Vineyard?  Huh? Huh? 

Posted by: Madame Queen at August 23, 2011 10:42 AM (5rYzF)

255 @Blue Falcon, are you going to the GT in Newport this weekend?

Posted by: rktkt at August 23, 2011 10:42 AM (zXkiJ)

256 MostlyInAZ  -- you forgot to mention that sunshine brings temps of 115 and all of that rain comes in two storms

Posted by: Jean at August 23, 2011 10:43 AM (WkuV6)

257 More bad luck for Obama. He needs all the help (excuses) he can get. Will he be able to save Washington?

Looking at the bright side, I bet all the gubment workers can take the day off with pay. It's the American way, after all.

Posted by: JayBee at August 23, 2011 10:43 AM (Xwgt3)

258

My building here in Philly bobbed up and down like rapidly. You could hear the joints of the building creaking. Wierd.

Meanwhile, at home dishes came out of the cabinet and hit the floor.

Posted by: glowing blue meat at August 23, 2011 10:44 AM (K/USr)

259 Do y'all remember Geraldo in front of the NOLA Civics Center during the mass raping and murders (with corpses stacked up in the fridges)? He scared a baby he snatched out of a grandma's arms, to squeeze the baby's cheeks and scream: "People, this is the face of Katrina." The gradma looked at him like he was cwaaaazy.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 10:44 AM (FnRYN)

260 It was pretty weird.  The whole house shook and my first thought was "But I moved out of California!"

Posted by: The Ghost of Flannery O'Connor at August 23, 2011 10:44 AM (DNX55)

261

I'm in western NY, and didn't notice anything.

Confused in hearing about effects in Toronto - we're between them and the epicenter.

When I change my cable station, it says it has changed, but always still gives me The Weather Channel. Something is apparently screwed up.

Posted by: Optimizer at August 23, 2011 10:44 AM (As94z)

262 Breaking: Shep Smith reporting that hundreds of evacuated children have been murdered in the Superdome.
Posted by: Gristle Encased Head

You owe me a new monitor.  I spewed Snapple ice tea all over it.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:44 AM (iYbLN)

263 We felt nothing up here in Martha's Vineyard on the Golf Course . Must have been a small one.

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 23, 2011 10:44 AM (48wze)

264 Buckle up, yankee morons.

Then get ready for Irene.

Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 23, 2011 10:45 AM (ignDe)

265

Awesome, I felt it in Windsor, CT.  I'm sitting here surfing the net and all of a sudden my soda starts shaking and everything starts slowly moving.  I boogeyed out of the office and one of the supervisors in a construction trailer next to our building comes running out and thought somebody was fucking with him shaking the trailer.

No one in the sheet metal shop felt a thing, they all think we're nuts.

That's the first earthquake I ever felt.  It was cool as hell.

Posted by: Jaimo at August 23, 2011 10:45 AM (9U1OG)

266 262--I can see the gov't employees out my window. All standing around on the street waiting for the Go Home message.

Posted by: glowing blue meat at August 23, 2011 10:45 AM (K/USr)

267 I worked in a cube farm when I lived in SF Bay Area.  I leaned back in my chair one time and went too far back, striking the cube wall behind me.  The person who sat in the cube behind me yelled "earthquake!"  Much chaos ensued for a minute or two, and then everyone calmed down and had a good laugh.

Everybody stay clam and be safe!  (Shades of a previous site where I used to post...)

 

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT (FREE GGE!!) at August 23, 2011 10:45 AM (Zgfnd)

268 The economic downturn is being caused by Hurricane Irene the earthquake.

And can't I take a vacation without you people bothering me?

Posted by: President Kiing Putt at August 23, 2011 10:46 AM (z63Tr)

269 What if the Wash Monument toppled and hit the MLK thing?  Would that be a sign?

It would mean Gaia is racist, and therefore liberals would be terminally conflicted.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 23, 2011 10:46 AM (tqwMN)

270 Jean@260....it's a dry heat. ;-)

Posted by: MostlyRight at August 23, 2011 10:46 AM (ZG8Ti)

271 So earthquake, in a couple of days hurricane, be interesting if the Hurricane hits D.C. Not that it means anything...just coincidence.

Posted by: Jehu at August 23, 2011 10:47 AM (OptZ8)

272 @Blue Falcon, are you going to the GT in Newport this weekend?

No unfortunately. I don't own a car anymore and there's no way I'm renting a car, taking a bus or train to go to Newport for only a few hours. Maybe next time one is held in Boston.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at August 23, 2011 10:47 AM (ijjAe)

273 I do hope all are ok, as it is a very scary feeling and briefly disorienting

Very disorienting. 

To me the oddest thing about them is how "on and off" they are.  I mean, with tornadoes or hurricanes or blizzards or whathaveyou, there's a lead up and a gradual diminution (not quite so much with tornadoes, but still some).  But with earthquakes (small ones) you kind of wonder if it really happened, because there are cues to tell you it did (aside from damage).  Pets are helpful in this regard because they react to it so you know it's not just in your head. 

Posted by: Y-not at August 23, 2011 10:47 AM (5H6zj)

274 I sent Irene to Martha's Vineyard as a token of my appreciation for O'barky's leadership. He is golfing like crazy ahead of the storm front.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 10:47 AM (FnRYN)

275  I'm gonna go grab a sandwich and watch the ASU co-eds stroll by, and then take a swim.

Posted by: MostlyInAZ at August 23, 2011 02:35 PM (ZG8Ti)

I hate you.

see you in 25yrs.

 

Posted by: dananjcon at August 23, 2011 10:47 AM (8ieXv)

276
 I hope we never do have an earthquake here where we live.  The soil is so sandy that protracted shaking would, I bet, just about liquefy it. None of the construction here to my knowledge is built to withstand that shit.

Posted by: irongrampa at August 23, 2011 10:47 AM (ud5dN)

277 275 Jean@260....it's a dry heat. ;-)

Posted by: MostlyRight at August 23, 2011 02:46 PM (ZG8Ti)

So is an oven...

Posted by: Hedgehog at August 23, 2011 10:48 AM (Rn2kl)

278 We have to get as much coal out of the ground as possible to relieve the seismic tension!

Posted by: Crusading Syfy Channel Scientist at August 23, 2011 10:48 AM (n0+D8)

279 Shovel ready jobs!!!

Posted by: MostlyRight at August 23, 2011 10:48 AM (ZG8Ti)

280

210--that is awesome!

You know the sheepherder will be all over this story, and what government should be doing to help those of us hardest hit.  Halp me , Sheepherder!

Posted by: glowing blue meat at August 23, 2011 10:49 AM (K/USr)

281 No unfortunately. I don't own a car anymore and there's no way I'm renting a car, taking a bus or train to go to Newport for only a few hours. Maybe next time one is held in Boston.

Bummer.  Was hoping to meet a fellow architect out in these parts.  The employed architect seems to be a rarity these days and I wanted to see what one looked like.

Posted by: rktkt at August 23, 2011 10:51 AM (zXkiJ)

282 I hope president obama is Ok. We must all pray for his safety during this hour of need.

Posted by: penney hungtoin at August 23, 2011 10:51 AM (48wze)

283 279 I sent Irene to Martha's Vineyard as a token of my appreciation for O'barky's leadership. He is golfing like crazy ahead of the storm front.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 02:47 PM (FnRYN)


Hey, Christy, I helped.  Heh.  Did you see the Weather Channel idiot standing on the beach near Miami this morning?  Last I heard Florida is getting a much deserved pass.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at August 23, 2011 10:52 AM (UOM48)

284  I hope we never do have an earthquake here where we live.  The soil is so sandy that protracted shaking would, I bet, just about liquefy it. None of the construction here to my knowledge is built to withstand that shit.
Posted by: irongrampa

This is why I don't live near the water in San Diego.  Unfortunately, the building I work in is right next to the bay.  No biggie though, the building is on rollers. When the trolleys go by we sway.

Posted by: mpfs, TPT at August 23, 2011 10:52 AM (iYbLN)

285 WE MUST SACRIFICE THE GOD-KING TO APPEASE THE EARTH!

Posted by: Panicked Green Voter at August 23, 2011 10:53 AM (n0+D8)

286 Earthquake shmearthquake. Michelle still wants another tamale dammit.

Posted by: Corona at August 23, 2011 10:53 AM (fh2Y7)

287

Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker.

 

Hell, 5.8? The worst that happens from a little tiddler like that is a few spilled drinks.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 23, 2011 10:53 AM (YKK68)

288 Jean, one of the brothers texted me (AT&T), the other called from his office phone (I think he got my text, though) on returning to his building after an initial evacuation. But yeah, couldn't reach them on their cells.

Posted by: chique d'afrique (the artist formerly known as african chick) at August 23, 2011 10:54 AM (21lBC)

289 I knew Moochelle shouldn't have eaten that burrito yesterday.

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 23, 2011 10:54 AM (YKK68)

290
My son is in the Coast Guard in San Diego and got stuck in an elevator during an earthshake down there for about two hours.  Man, was he pissed!

Posted by: Aunty Entity at August 23, 2011 02:34 PM (FU3yL)

Was that the one at Easter last year? That was a pretty good roller lasting quite a while.

Posted by: Bill H at August 23, 2011 10:54 AM (FKMW3)

291 Richmond here, I'm taking a staycation and I'm living the moron lifestyle. Thought maybe it was a chopper or a big truck, walked outside and then it ended.

Cell phone service is quite spotty, so if you're trying to call or text loved ones in the area, it's probably the network. I haven't even heard any sirens.

Posted by: Britt at August 23, 2011 10:54 AM (/rjRZ)

292 Cable news is stunningly bad.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 23, 2011 10:54 AM (ZgvjV)

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:55 AM (k1rwm)

294

So now Barky has his excuse for his shitty economic results.

"We were doin' just fine, comin' outta da recession, then POW! Earthquake hit, just like Japan. Not my fault the economy is in the crapper."

Posted by: Jay Guevara at August 23, 2011 10:58 AM (YKK68)

295 It's interesting that there's been two shakers before this in the last week in the NE.  The one near Albany, NY and a similar one near Youngstown, OH.  Both were much smaller than this one but still makes you wonder.  Oh, and there are 2 faultlines near or under NYC.

Posted by: Deanna at August 23, 2011 10:58 AM (U7pcm)

Posted by: dan-O at August 23, 2011 10:58 AM (BAjNF)

297 Posted by: dan-O at August 23, 2011 02:58 PM (BAjNF)

can click on the link but everyone ran from the room

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 10:59 AM (k1rwm)

298 Jay Guevara -- Not with brick construction. They've been evacuating buildings in NYC. People seem to be concerned about falling buildings there for some reason.

Posted by: Panicked Green Voter at August 23, 2011 10:59 AM (qvify)

299 : (AP) -- Federal officials: 2 nuclear reactors taken offline near quake site in Va.; No damage reported

Posted by: Miss80sBaby at August 23, 2011 11:00 AM (o2lIv)

300 I felt it in Cleveland too. Fourth floor of a 5-story office building. The blinds on the windows were swinging back and forth. It went on for a good 3 minutes or so.

Posted by: The Chap in the Deerstalker Cap at August 23, 2011 11:01 AM (qndXR)

301 Felt it briefly here on St. Helena Island (the Southern end of South Carolina)
First and earthquake - then Irene - what's next? Obama's re-election........

Posted by: K. Mack at August 23, 2011 11:02 AM (zDQWh)

302

Hey back, Jane... where Jim Cantore goes the hurricane won't. All Floridians know this and welcome him to our shores. I look forward to the Geraldo-type goof-balls on the Weather Channel who tilt in the imaginary wind under blowing palms. I don't get it: yes, hurricanes bring wind and rain. The end.

Yes, living 1/4 mile from the Atlantic I think we are ok. Whew! Feel badly for NC if it goes there.

I wonder if this earthquake will bring the preznit back to DC. His wife will be furious if her glamour trip is brought short...she will simply take another plane back when she feels like it, Barry.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 11:03 AM (FnRYN)

303

My desk felt like it was going for a walk.

Washington Monument tilting???

Posted by: Havedash at August 23, 2011 11:03 AM (sFD5n)

304 291 WE MUST SACRIFICE THE GOD-KING TO APPEASE THE EARTH!

And by the god-king, you mean King Putt right?

Because I'm totally down with that.

Posted by: Shibumi at August 23, 2011 11:03 AM (z63Tr)

305

I'm on the 26th floor of the tallest building in Albany, NY.

Whole farking building swayed for a couple seconds there.

Posted by: Lewis at August 23, 2011 11:05 AM (Y3uPw)

306

Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker.

Well, yes and no. We see that sort of thing often enough, we're used to it. You on the East Coast, however, aren't used to it, and more pointedly, your buildings generally aren't designed for it. What may shake some shit off the walls here can knock the walls down there- from my point of view, not funny.

Posted by: Bill H at August 23, 2011 11:05 AM (FKMW3)

307 #286, My office work is a semi-irregular position for mostly government and large multifamily apartment renovation projects in the metro-Boston area. There isn't enough work in the office to keep anyone below the senior associate level. My freelance work is for corporate or franchise owners of various free standing service stations. Occasionally one of managers or franchise owners will want me to do drawings for their residences as well.

I have to laugh at the AIA/Boston Society of Architect's compensation surveys showing architects earning an average of 75k a year. Half the architects in Boston alone are unemployed. There's no freaking way in the past couple of years average compensation has gone up 20-25k. But these are the same people more concerned with getting new slick waterfront office space instead of helping out their membership. Figures they'd be living in a fantasy land.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston training for the ONT mudwrestling match at August 23, 2011 11:05 AM (ijjAe)

308 Now you East Coasters know what we deal with out West on a regular basis.

Not just California, but up here in Washington state, too.

Not fun, is it?

Posted by: Cheech Marin at August 23, 2011 11:06 AM (dM1NM)

309 Okay, so 5.9 isn't a huge quake.  But if you look at the data at the USGS link, notice that it was only about a half-mile ,just changed to 0.1 mile deep, poorly contstrained.  Explains why it seemed intense and was felt over such a wide area.

Posted by: EyeTest at August 23, 2011 11:07 AM (ReC4P)

310 I guess the world is coming to and when you have Shep "chicken little" Smith scoffing at all the panickers

Posted by: Kawfy at August 23, 2011 11:07 AM (2trrN)

311 I didn't feel it in west-end Toronto but I was walking outside at the time and not sitting in a tall building.

Posted by: andycanuck at August 23, 2011 11:08 AM (malJO)

312 I would never make fun of anyone for their reaction during an earthquake.  Many of the people I knew seemed to pride themselves in not being afraid of them, which is understandable, but there was also an element of making fun of others who may have gotten scared during one.    

Posted by: Theresa D., TPT (FREE GGE!!) at August 23, 2011 11:10 AM (Zgfnd)

313 they were showing pictures of the National Cathedral and now I know why, it's being inspected by a stone mason as some pieces fell off.

Didn't they just renovate it?

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 11:10 AM (k1rwm)

314 Near DC. Have to go to ft myer o club to get my kid. Traffic is bad. Pentagon evac. Navy yard closed down.

Posted by: dagny at August 23, 2011 11:10 AM (YFYRZ)

315 BREAKING NEWS: Obama blames missed 3 foot putt on earthquake, demands mulligan.

Posted by: MostlyRight at August 23, 2011 11:10 AM (ZG8Ti)

316 Okay, so 5.9 isn't a huge quake.  But if you look at the data at the USGS link, notice that it was only about a half-mile ,just changed to 0.1 mile deep, poorly contstrained.  Explains why it seemed intense and was felt over such a wide area.

Posted by: EyeTest at August 23, 2011 03:07 PM (ReC4P)

Damn, at that I would be expecting to see an open fissure on the ground, and some damage for a fairly wide area around it.

Posted by: Bill H at August 23, 2011 11:11 AM (FKMW3)

317 315 Should have read "an end" not "and" Sheesh when will apple's auto correct read my mind?

Posted by: Kawfy at August 23, 2011 11:11 AM (2trrN)

318 Are all the dogs barking?

Posted by: andycanuck at August 23, 2011 11:12 AM (malJO)

319 DC nailed pretty good. There isn't a history of this so it was really really surprising.

Posted by: dagny at August 23, 2011 11:14 AM (YFYRZ)

320 "188 PLACE YOUR BETS! How long until someone blames Fracking? I'm taking 8 hours....." Should have gone with the under: http://tinyurl.com/43qtv8u

Posted by: Rex the Wonder God at August 23, 2011 11:14 AM (NHeC0)

321 Apparently, during the earthquake Libya was swallowed and completely disappeared from view.

Posted by: Mr Fever Head at August 23, 2011 11:14 AM (ZgvjV)

322 320 BREAKING NEWS: Obama blames missed 3 foot putt on earthquake, demands mulligan.

Posted by: MostlyRight at August 23, 2011 03:10 PM (ZG8Ti)

That wasn't so much of the earthquake as the slow, tectonic shift in poll numbers.

Posted by: Bill H at August 23, 2011 11:15 AM (FKMW3)

323

Damn, at that I would be expecting to see an open fissure on the ground, and some damage for a fairly wide area around it.

Posted by: Bill H at August 23, 2011 03:11 PM (FKMW3)

Ummm.... Looking again at data.  There's a margin of error of +/- 1.9 miles.  So they may keep changing it while they continue to assess.

Posted by: EyeTest at August 23, 2011 11:17 AM (ReC4P)

324 A buddy in DC just emailed; said he didn't even notice it aside from all the people suddenly walking around outdoors.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at August 23, 2011 11:20 AM (SY2Kh)

325 REPORTS: Washington Monumnent May Be Slightly Titling... Developing...

MSNBC Reporter interviewing member of the public near the monument "Sir, can you tell us - is the monument leaning to the Left or to the Right"

Posted by: ugknown at August 23, 2011 11:21 AM (F1JEL)

326 The Washington DC earthquake of 5.9 has been downgraded to 5+. Tea Party blamed.

Posted by: Overstocked And Ready To Help Inc at August 23, 2011 11:26 AM (bGgEi)

327 If everyone had justcome to Vegas instead of staying home, you woulda missed it.

Posted by: giftogab at August 23, 2011 11:28 AM (SPVfc)

328 IIRC, a 5.9 is 1.24 > a 5.8 in intensity.

My dogs felt it coming and were upset before the first shock hit.  The house was definitely rocking and reeling.

Posted by: Hrothgar at August 23, 2011 11:30 AM (yrGif)

329 I tried to warn you people! I told you not to deny the Angry Earth Gods! This is what you get! It's bullshit! It's bullshit!

Posted by: Algore at August 23, 2011 11:30 AM (2IW5Q)

330 Obama: Did my golf ball move! I'm not taking a stroke on that!

Posted by: Spiker at August 23, 2011 11:31 AM (CKKiF)

331 MSNBC Reporter interviewing member of the public near the monument "Sir, can you tell us - is the monument leaning to the Left or to the Right"



Anthony Wiener just sent a picture for clarification.

Posted by: mpurinTexas, Evil Conservanatrix, supports Rick Perry, bitch at August 23, 2011 11:31 AM (ignDe)

332 163 This was just DC shifting to the right.

Posted by: Bill Mitchell at August 23, 2011 02:23 PM (uVlA4)

 

Thread winner right there...

Posted by: working_man at August 23, 2011 11:32 AM (Z+ze8)

333

Moochelle the 12th Imommy is a comin.

 Moochelle: Shut up stupid kING its just an earthquake, now rub my foot some more.

Posted by: Barrack the Lyin kING at August 23, 2011 11:37 AM (vXqv3)

334

Hey guys. I'm just trying to eat my waffle o.k.? Fine. I'll make a short statement. I call on all Americans to remain calm. The earthquake was caused by global warming which we all know is caused due to Republican policies that were in place before I was in charge. I am glad major damage seems to have been avoided. Most importantly. I am glad it didn't screw up my 3:00 tee time. Now if you'll excuse me I have a lesson at the driving range.

Posted by: King Putt at August 23, 2011 11:39 AM (B1cY0)

335 President Obama just had a news conference while on vacation concerning the incident in Washington D.C. He says he has named the newest tectonic system 'Bush's Fault'.

Posted by: Mortis at August 23, 2011 11:40 AM (I8CPt)

336 Big fear is this was a foreshock. 6% chance the worst is still to come in the next few days. Hopefully just smaller aftershocks will come.

Posted by: Clubber Lang at August 23, 2011 11:41 AM (QcFbt)

337
no shit, eh?

I felt the building here (Boston) shake and thought it was my imagination. But it lasted about 30 seconds.

Posted by: Soothsayer at August 23, 2011 11:41 AM (sqkOB)

338 I just sent this out on the list serv but it struck me that you guys could use it too.....link

Posted by: at August 23, 2011 11:41 AM (k1rwm)

339 So... once California breaks off and sinks into the sea and the east coast breaks off and sinks into the sea, all that will be left is flyover country.

Oh ... please don't tease me.

Posted by: Paladin at August 23, 2011 11:42 AM (DPvCq)

340 344 So... once California breaks off and sinks into the sea and the east coast breaks off and sinks into the sea, all that will be left is flyover country.

Oh ... please don't tease me.

Posted by: Paladin at August 23, 2011 03:42 PM (DPvCq)

and nevada will be waterfront property....lol

Posted by: harry r at August 23, 2011 11:45 AM (k1rwm)

341 I live in Mineral, Virginia and it scared the shit out of us. However, I feel comfort in knowing it was George Bush's fault!

Posted by: Sean at August 23, 2011 11:47 AM (5QDv/)

342 This news just in: Rick Perry, when informed of the earthquake in DC, stated, "Don't mess with Texas."

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 11:48 AM (FnRYN)

343 Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker.

Posted by: blaster at August 23, 2011 02:05 PM (l5dj7)

 

Oh, we are just rolling with laughter.

See, the east coast has just total shit weather.

East Coasties then say "yeah but omgz you have quakes".

Now is the time to shut the fuck up about that, your region sucks all the more now.

Posted by: CAC at August 23, 2011 11:49 AM (QyKBt)

344 Mineral, Virginia. Not to far from Lake Anna. Isn't there a nuclear power plant there?

Posted by: V5 at August 23, 2011 11:49 AM (jaTaa)

345 Alert: careful linking to (k1rwm) posts.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 11:50 AM (FnRYN)

346

FYI

If a 5.9 scares you, don't live in Missouri. They are overdue for an 8.0.

Posted by: CAC at August 23, 2011 11:52 AM (QyKBt)

347

BREAKING NEWS:

Janet Napolitano has added 'acts of god'  to the 'domestic trrorist threat assessment'.

 

Posted by: SFC MAC at August 23, 2011 11:52 AM (/qSCt)

348 White House press release already blaming future economic downturn and recession double dip on DC quake. Quake itself blamed on George Bush. In associated news Obama's golf game was NOT negatively effected. The MSM breathed a collective sigh of relief.

Posted by: joe dagostino at August 23, 2011 11:57 AM (TUXol)

349 Charlottesville VA shakey, shakey

Posted by: Talibill at August 23, 2011 12:00 PM (fkiq4)

350 Meh. Anything less than a 6.0 and I don't even have to worry too much about my glassware. I slept through a 5.5 not long ago. Around the 6.5 mark tings start getting interesting.

Posted by: David Gillies at August 23, 2011 12:02 PM (FdBA0)

351 Damn, I missed.

Posted by: KB at August 23, 2011 12:04 PM (YeiuA)

352

Now is the time to shut the fuck up about that, your region sucks all the more now.

Posted by: CAC at August 23, 2011 03:49 PM (QyKBt)

 

Yeah, but you'll always have Nancy Pelosi

Posted by: CanaDave at August 23, 2011 12:07 PM (IuNVR)

353 aftershock

"Magnitude 2.8 - VIRGINIA   2011 August 23 18:46:50 UTC"

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 12:08 PM (k1rwm)

354 MAP2.8 2011/08/23 18:46:50 37.931 -77.935 0.1 9 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA MAP5.8 2011/08/23 17:51:04 37.936 -77.933 6.0 8 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 12:11 PM (k1rwm)

355 @laabsCNNTerminal A at Washington Reagan National Airport has been evacuated because of an odor of gas.

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 12:14 PM (k1rwm)

356 yup, nuclear plant at Lake Anna. I'm in Prince William County, VA, and boy did it shake here.

Posted by: MDH3 at August 23, 2011 12:20 PM (lg5vh)

357 Best comment via Fox News' website:

"It wasn't an earthquake, it was our forefathers rolling over in their graves"


Posted by: Madame Queen at August 23, 2011 12:22 PM (5rYzF)

358 Is she (361) speaking in code now?

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 12:26 PM (FnRYN)

359 Felt it in Flint, MI.  Not something we get very often, so looked like a prairie dog town in the office, with everyone standing up, looking at each other over the cubicle walls, asking "you feel that?"

Posted by: Inchworm at August 23, 2011 12:30 PM (yfeAd)

360

Just got back from retrieving my son in DC area. Traffic is BAD (uh, worse than usual). That did scare me.

I finally got why my 7 year old got so frightened. The tards at school spent most of the year filling his head with Haitian earthquake tragedy. He thought he was gonna die.

Posted by: dagny at August 23, 2011 12:37 PM (YFYRZ)

361 Just west of Charlottesville- loud rumbling/vibrating/rolling- lasted almost a minute. Just crooked pictures and sloshing water in the pool. The dog was acting squirrelly for about 2 hours prior- licking his paws, refusing to come inside until just before the quake began; then he ran inside. There is a gas line leak reported in the city proper. I am about 20 miles west of the the epicenter; the Lake Anna nuclear reactors went into automatic shut down. The cell phones were out for awhile.
Sorry if all of this info has already been relayed- I am the woman who didn't read all the comments today.

Posted by: museisluse at August 23, 2011 12:42 PM (4Lj43)

362

My status on Facebook...

"That sound you just heard? Don't worry, it was only California and Japan collectively laughing at the East Coast...."

 

Posted by: theBman at August 23, 2011 12:43 PM (SNQCf)

363

Posted by: museisluse at August 23, 2011 04:42 PM (4Lj43)

Yeah, what is often not reported about earthquakes is the loud "bang" at the time you feel dizzy and WTH? Hope all are well. Very lucky reports so far.

Posted by: ChristyBlinky at August 23, 2011 12:44 PM (FnRYN)

364 Pretty scary stuff.

Posted by: Marcus at August 23, 2011 12:49 PM (qwFVm)

365

I'm here in California. I don't mean to denigrate, but a 5.8 here results in sweeping up the Safeway and mopping the floor.

I see there has been real damage in DC. That's a shame. I hope all of you are safe and well.

Posted by: Scott at August 23, 2011 01:11 PM (S3AFi)

366 MAP2.2 2011/08/23 19:20:26 37.911 -78.004 0.1 13 km ( 8 mi) S of Louisa, VA MAP2.8 2011/08/23 18:46:50 37.931 -77.935 0.1 9 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA MAP5.8 2011/08/23 17:51:04 37.936 -77.933 6.0 8 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 01:28 PM (k1rwm)

367 Was it really eric cantor's district, the epicenter?

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 01:29 PM (k1rwm)

368 Joshua Treviño Sorry about the earthquake, DC. That was just Rick Perry getting off his horse.

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 01:39 PM (k1rwm)

369 Didn't feel it in Texas, so I doubt it was Perry getting off his horse.  It was probably Chuck Norris mining for gold in Mineral, VA.

Posted by: Jim at August 23, 2011 01:48 PM (YwDKF)

370 Felt it up in Ottawa, Ontario.

Felt the initial P-wave for a few seconds before it hit (thought my feet were falling asleep or something very light tremble), then when it hit it felt like someone was shaking the pipes (was in the washroom at the time).  Didn't feel it as strongly as the local one we had last June (which I believe as around a 5.5magnitude compared to this one which was around 5.9) which felt like it was going to shake the roof off, so I guess the attenuation was pretty substantial by the time the waves got up here.

Posted by: Smash'em at August 23, 2011 01:55 PM (hY1B0)

371 Felt by many in my workplace in Auburn Hills, MI as well. 670+ miles away from the epicenter.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 23, 2011 02:32 PM (F8bQJ)

372 dagny, I'm sorry your little guy was scared. Poor fella. My ten year old and her cronies were on the playground at camp when it happened. Luckily her father happened to be in the neighborhood and was able to go over and help calm the kids down. Our house is fairly new (2003) and not one glass broke nor did one book fall off a shelf. Thank God for building codes.

Posted by: MDH3 at August 23, 2011 03:01 PM (lg5vh)

373


Californians probably laughing at us but that was a shaker.

Posted by: blaster at August 23, 2011 02:05 PM (l5dj7)

 

------------

 

I don'tknow about the rest of the state, but I certainly am.  LOL

Stop the blather about earthquake codes.  That doesn't apply to ALL OF THE BUILDINGS BUILT BEFORE those codes were invented.   They don't retrofit private homes, they retrofit things like bridges, overpasses, government buildings and the code applies to new construction.  How much new construction is there in a state that is already built up?

5.8 or 9 is going to drop some brick somewhere near the epicenter.  It's not going to drop it in another state.  Usually means 'hey look at that liquor store with the bottles smashed on the ground' and perhaps some plate glass ...maybe. 

You've got old buildings on the east coast?  Yeah, well what about all of those old buildings in CA.  You know, those turn of the century mission style or Victorian homes?  Ones that were built before the 1906 earthquake?  Ones built as a result of it?  Did they all fall with Loma Prieta or Northridge which were considerably larger quakes? Hell, no.  And there was no code in 1906.  They lost some old buildings with those, but we're talking 7 and more, not 5.8.  Richter Scale is exponential. Do the math.

A lot of those east coast buildings made it through blizzards, nor'easter, hurricanes, you name it.  And a 5.8 shaker is going to bring it down?  Hardly.  More like the chimney might fall.

I say this not to razz you but to inform.  You wonder how folks can live in quake country?  Is your house standing?  Got any damage beyond something falling off a shelf?   Well, now you know.

Breathe easy.  Most aftershocks that you get (if any) will be smaller.  The odds are tiny that anything would be bigger.  Then it's not going to happen again for 50 years. We will all kick the bucket by then.  It's all good.

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by: JR at August 23, 2011 03:31 PM (SgDaI)

374 I'm in Charlottesville, about 30 miles away from the epicenter. Lots of shaking, although not all that intense (I think we lost a couple of speakers that were on top of a bookcase), but it was pretty weird. Doesn't seem to have done much damage around here, thank God. Within 15 minutes, we had clients calling us to make sure we and our facility were okay. News spread real fast. Hope everyone else out there came through as cleanly as we did.

Posted by: moleman at August 23, 2011 03:50 PM (WVoBK)

375 Girl928 reports that she felt the quake in Morgantown WV.

Posted by: toby928™ at August 23, 2011 04:07 PM (GTbGH)

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 04:15 PM (k1rwm)

377 MAP4.2 2011/08/24 00:04:36 37.917 -77.891 7.8 10 km ( 6 mi) S of Mineral, VA MAP2.2 2011/08/23 19:20:26 37.911 -78.004 0.1 13 km ( 8 mi) S of Louisa, VA MAP2.8 2011/08/23 18:46:50 37.931 -77.935 0.1 9 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA MAP5.8 2011/08/23 17:51:04 37.936 -77.933 6.0 8 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 04:17 PM (k1rwm)

378 Excellent blog, thanks for the share. I'll be a regular viewer.

Posted by: Life of Pi Audiobook at August 23, 2011 04:25 PM (2XjDp)

379 5.8 or 5.9, either way you all are a bunch of pussies when it comes to earthquakes.

Here in California that quake is taken with a big yawn.

Call me when you have a REAL quake.

Posted by: BakaBaka at August 23, 2011 04:26 PM (dA9W6)

380 Oh, btw, here is the best link for quake info: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqscanv/ That is just for CA & NV. Click on the link to the left for Real Time- USA. Notice on the CA\NV map it says 356 quakes on this map, about 300 in CA alone.

Posted by: BakaBaka at August 23, 2011 04:51 PM (dA9W6)

381 It was the US dollar plunging through yet another new low.

Posted by: Molon Labe at August 23, 2011 06:51 PM (JyCYK)

382 Magnitude 3.4 - VIRGINIA 2011 August 24 04:45:26 UTC Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 12:45:26 AM at epicenter

MAP3.4 2011/08/24 04:45:26 37.925 -77.994 4.9 11 km ( 7 mi) S of Louisa, VA MAP4.2 2011/08/24 00:04:36 37.912 -77.951 7.9 11 km ( 7 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA MAP2.2 2011/08/23 19:20:26 37.911 -78.004 0.1 13 km ( 8 mi) S of Louisa, VA MAP2.8 2011/08/23 18:46:50 37.931 -77.935 0.1 9 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA MAP5.8 2011/08/23 17:51:04 37.936 -77.933 6.0 8 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA

Posted by: curious at August 23, 2011 09:39 PM (k1rwm)

383

I felt it here in Carroll County Ohio....nothing broken or damaged but it was pretty strange.....first I heard my clean dishes shift in the strainer....then the kitchen sink kinda gurgles from the well...then my desk and things on it sharted shaking for about 20 seconds or so...then it stopped....and shook again for maybe another 30 seconds, then it was over!

 

Strange but cool too....I was hoping it had swallowed DC and its indiginous population, but damn...no such luck, right?

Posted by: WhiteFalcon1 at August 24, 2011 03:16 PM (0rOIA)

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