EARTHQUAKE! struck east cost 5.9! After shocks are a possibility.

Didn't realize you people on the East Coast were so easily shaken. Only a 5.9? Oooo, I'm quaking in my boots!

Oleg_Huzwog

there were people running out of my walmart crying xDfl4tlined

[QUOTE="fl4tlined"]there were people running out of my walmart crying xDfastesttruck

Maybe that Hurricane will hit so Florida can feel some of that natural disaster might too :lol:

apparently this was the biggest earthquake on the east coast since 1897

I live in Smyrna GA, 11 miles from downtown Atlanta and I didn't feel a thing though I have seen reports of people south of the city feeling it. Now my brother in Williamsburg VA and my Pops in Newport News VA both felt it while my Ma, driving to get an xray didn't feel a thing (maybe a couple of miles from where they live. My sister and family felt in outside of Baltimore with my niece freaking out, but my nephew thought it fun and is waiting for the aftershocks.

The quake was centered near Mineral VA or 27 miles east of Charlottesville and about 100 miles from where my parents live. The North Anna Nuclear plant is ~ 12 miles from where the earthquake was centered and had been shut down as a precaution. This is the second time this year a VA nuclear power plant was affected by a natural event. Earlier this year, a tornado hit the Surry nuclear power plant causing a shutdown of one of the reactors there and this plant is within the warning radius of where my brother and parents live. :shock:

My Pops took a second to realize what was going on, it's been a few years (40?) since he last felt an earthquake. I would have known right away if I had felt it for what it was, Living in Japan for 3 years, Okinawa for 2 and in SoCal for 2 1/2 years allowed me to get rather familiar with them. Oh, just as an FYI, never go to the basement of a building during an earthquake, if the building collapses, it will all fall into the basement for the most part. We were taught to evacuate outside (at least in base housing in Japan) in the event of a quake.

Hmmm,I just phoned home to Virginia, and no one felt anything. The only way they know about it apparently is that the news reported it.

m0zart

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Didn't realize you people on the East Coast were so easily shaken. Only a 5.9? Oooo, I'm quaking in my boots!

lightleggy

In a dirt-poor country where the population is living in shacks? Sure, a 5.9 can cause some damage. In a developed country with building codes? No, a 5.9 is not causing major destruction.

[QUOTE="fastesttruck"][QUOTE="fl4tlined"]there were people running out of my walmart crying xDfl4tlined

[QUOTE="m0zart"]

Hmmm,I just phoned home to Virginia, and no one felt anything. The only way they know about it apparently is that the news reported it.

Dracula68

Apparently the Washington Monument is tilted a little bit due to the quake. FOX News says it's leaning right, MSNBC says it's leaning left. Maniacc1

I live about 2 hours from the epicenter. It was pretty awesome to feel. And too lazy to read which two nuclear reactors were shut down?izanagi_thefool

Almost certainly the North Anna power station.

[QUOTE="izanagi_thefool"]I live about 2 hours from the epicenter. It was pretty awesome to feel. And too lazy to read which two nuclear reactors were shut down?coolbeans90

Almost certainly the North Anna power station.

Gee I wonder where I saw that here?

[QUOTE="mitu123"]

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] It lasted like 10-15 seconds for me...Michael0134567

My 9th grade picture frame...

I felt it was playing STALKER and a controller appeared at the exact same time when the my monitor and the chair was shaking from the earthquake i got scared as hell.

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[QUOTE="coolbeans90"]

[QUOTE="izanagi_thefool"]I live about 2 hours from the epicenter. It was pretty awesome to feel. And too lazy to read which two nuclear reactors were shut down?WhiteKnight77

Almost certainly the North Anna power station.

Gee I wonder where I saw that here?

To be fair, had I not saw your post, I would have incorrectly referred to it as the "Lake Anna" power station.

[QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Didn't realize you people on the East Coast were so easily shaken. Only a 5.9? Oooo, I'm quaking in my boots!

lightleggy

Internets be loaded with tough guys.

http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue (Can't make a link)

It's in Korean. Just scroll down. The pictures speak for themselves. It will make you forget about the earthquake.

Psh, we have those every day in SoCal8)

Yeah I live in NYC and I felt it for about 1 minute. I was pretty scared because we aren't used to that kind of stuff over here

http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=350217&no=20&weekday=tue (Can't make a link)

It's in Korean. Just scroll down. The pictures speak for themselves. It will make you forget about the earthquake.

OICWUTUDIDTHAR

No thanks. I still remember Japan's quake from this year.

Edit: I bit what the feck was that?

lmao, nothing ever happens in canada :lol:

Though we did get a hardcore ice storm in the late 90s once

At least one building was damaged in Baltimore. A second video shows the camera aimed at the White House shaking.

Lol us Californians don't see what the big deal is!

Lol us Californians don't see what the big deal is!

MrMe1000

"Oh it snowed inSan Franciscotoday" :|

lol 5.9 and these eastcoasters are praying to the heavens like there's no tomorrow.....

Luckily I don't live in the US. Tough times!

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="Oleg_Huzwog"]

Didn't realize you people on the East Coast were so easily shaken. Only a 5.9? Oooo, I'm quaking in my boots!

IPWNDU2

Internets be loaded with tough guys.

Too many eastcoasters here for your statement to be true.

I felt it in Toronto.

Thank goodness it wasn't too strong but still getting near the 6 range can be pretty bad news for the East coast if it goes much higher as their older buildings aren't really equipped to deal with much shaking like we're used to on the West coast. Luckily they have the hard bedrock to lessen the shaking effect though it does increase the range if I'm not mistaken.

LOL^ None of the building on the East Coast are built with earth quakes in mind.

I'm out here in Queens, NY and I felt it too. It was the craziest thing, I was especially surprised it hit Virginia as they never have earthquakes

I wonder if us folks in Chicago will feel the big one that is due to hit the Madrid Fault Zone.

What if it splits North America in half!!!

I wonder if us folks in Chicago will feel the big one that is due to hit the Madrid Fault Zone.

What if it splits North America in half!!!

_R34LiTY_

Not possible.

I just felt a little vibration and my monitor was shaking about 15 minutes ago. Anybody else?

I live in Ohio and that will teach me to be driving around and missed it :(

LOL^ None of the building on the East Coast are built with earth quakes in mind.

Jebus213