Evacuating some buildings.

It was a 5.9 centered NW of Richmond, VA.

Apparently felt as far away as Detroit.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/r...005ild.php

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/d...index.html

If you felt it, report it here. I love to look at the community-generated Intensity maps.

(08-23-2011 01:18 PM)uakronkid Wrote:  http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/d...index.html

If you felt it, report it here. I love to look at the community-generated Intensity maps.

Felt it here in Montgomery County, PA...

It was felt in Buffalo too.

I didn't feel it in Toledo, and I was on the golf course too.

(08-23-2011 01:36 PM)utpotts Wrote:  I didn't feel it in Toledo, and I was on the golf course too.

utpotts...was it a high stakes match...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0Hx5ka1FiA

First the earthquake and now hurricane Irene is heading that way too.

Felt it here in Philly, especially downtown.

Also you guys do know that Colorado got hit with an earthquake last night as well... East coast bias...

(08-23-2011 02:21 PM)ilovegymnast Wrote:  Also you guys do know that Colorado got hit with an earthquake last night as well... East coast bias...

Felt it very strongly in Williamsburg, VA. I am about 100 miles away from the center. It knocked stuff off shelves and was pretty intense for the short term. All the neighbors came out of their houses and were a little worried after it happened.

My fiance felt in Akron though I was in the same room and felt nothing. A friend of ours was driving through Richmond at the time and didn't feel a thing. Very strange.

I'm in Norfolk, VA and we felt it down here as well.

Next up on our plate is Hurricane Irene this weekend. It's current path has it on pace to destroy us. They expect it to be a category 3 hurricane by the time it reaches us.

I'm about 25 miles or so from the epicenter and it lasted at least 30-45 seconds after it woke me up (I worked overnight last night) and was pretty intense. We've had a couple of aftershocks that I felt this evening as well.

It was mentioned someone was driving in Richmond and didn't feel it, that is because of the normal motion of a moving vehicle over an already imperfect surface. If you are moving on a vehicle and not on a swaying bridge you likely won't feel an earthquake below 7.0. If you are stopped in a vehicle or sitting or standing at home you will feel anything that is big enough to shake the area you are in.

(08-23-2011 10:16 PM)BrianNowicki Wrote:  I'm about 25 miles or so from the epicenter and it lasted at least 30-45 seconds after it woke me up (I worked overnight last night) and was pretty intense. We've had a couple of aftershocks that I felt this evening as well.

It was mentioned someone was driving in Richmond and didn't feel it, that is because of the normal motion of a moving vehicle over an already imperfect surface. If you are moving on a vehicle and not on a swaying bridge you likely won't feel an earthquake below 7.0. If you are stopped in a vehicle or sitting or standing at home you will feel anything that is big enough to shake the area you are in.

I was working in downtown D.C. in a big office building, slightly below ground level.

I felt a tremor and said 'this is an earthquake' and then another tremor much stronger a few seconds later.

We evacutated and tried to figure out what happened.

I probably didn't feel it as much as others because of the building I work and the level I was at.

The local dry cleaners in a strip mall really felt it. Their building shook.

Apparently folks at the Pentagon thought it was another 9/11.

Two points many have not made:

1). I doubt anyone has earthquake insurance as quakes are uncommon and almost always very minor. Could be a real financial nightmare for the affected.

2). Hope few surgeons, dentists, etc. were doing delicate surgery. Could be a big problem.

We felt a slight wiggle here in Kalamazoo. Several people came out of their offices to compare notes----we all felt it. Our group was on the third floor of Western's College of Health and Human Services Bldg. I was told the distance from the epicenter to Kalamazoo was over 500 miles...

I'm in the Maryland suburbs of DC. I'm on the 4th floor and our bldg really shook and swayed. The office is wide open and i watched eveyone's flat screen monitors rock back and forth. For a couple seconds i thought..what if the floor gives way? then it stopped. It was about as good an earthquake as you can experience without the major damage and loss of life. It's kind of amazing that all those falling bricks around this area and onto cars never even nicked someone. Pretty lucky I'd say.

Many persons, when they first heard of the seismic shift in the East, instinctively turned to ESPN. They figured it meant the next round of conference realignment had begun.