A earth shakeing wakeup call

Task Force · 08-23-11, 01:05 PM

Anyone else feel the earthquake In Virginia today?

according to the news it was a 5.5, or 5.8 (im hearing both)

Rockstar · 08-23-11, 01:06 PM

We did on Tangier about 15 minutes ago. First thought which went through my mind was - liquefaction

CCIP · 08-23-11, 01:07 PM

I didn't, but other people in my town reported it. Funny, I'm supposed to be in that part of VA tomorrow

There was also one about the same scale in Colorado last night, reportedly the biggest they had in a century. So this one's probably related.

Growler · 08-23-11, 01:09 PM

That's a bigun for this area, too. Shook us like crazy up here in Westminster.

CCIP · 08-23-11, 01:10 PM

Wasn't just VA by the way. At least if my facebook feed is any indication, it's been felt by people from North Carolina to Boston to Toronto here.

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 01:12 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I didn't, but other people in my town reported it.

A long time ago there was an earthquake here in Salt Lake that made the people where I worked abandon the building. Later when I picked my wife up from her mother's they said they hadn't felt it at all, but they saw it reported on the news...from a cable station in Denver, 600 miles away!

CCIP · 08-23-11, 01:16 PM

I had the opposite last year though. We had one about that same size hit last june, and I felt it but other people wouldn't believe me till they got it on the news (although I initially didn't know what it was, just that my body immediately went into high alert mode, like something was wrong but I didn't know it). My parents were right under the epicenter of that one, they said there was extremely loud rumbling all through the area.

Hope everything's okay with this one! A couple of my good friends in the DC area, including ones that I'm visiting tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend, have just been evacuated from work... no word from them since, but I'm gonna hope it's all just proper precaution.

vienna · 08-23-11, 01:21 PM

News radio here in Los Angeles reported the National Quake Center rated it at 5.8 on the Richter Scale; hell, that's barely more than a door slam in california...

Rockstar · 08-23-11, 01:22 PM

Sailor Steve · 08-23-11, 01:23 PM

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Originally Posted by CCIP

I initially didn't know what it was, just that my body immediately went into high alert mode, like something was wrong but I didn't know it).

Funny, I've done that too. Way back in my teenage years I suffered a couple of fainting spells. One day in my bedroom I thought I was getting lightheaded again, until I turned around and noticed the curtains swaying.

Many years later I was visiting my dad, and was awakened in the night by...something. Then I heard the fish tank sloshing, until I remembered there was no fish tank. I went to the back yard to see water sloshing back and forth in the swimming pool. I never felt the quake, but I saw its results.

FIREWALL · 08-23-11, 01:29 PM

Liveing in So. Calif, I'm kinda numb to ones in the 3.0 to 5.0+

There usually Aftershocks months after the 6.0 plusers

It's to the point the news doesn't report unless it's significant.

To those that aren't used to it it, can be quite a shock. No pun intended.

Be prepared for the Aftershocks. Some can be bigger that the initial Quake.

AVGWarhawk · 08-23-11, 01:33 PM

It completely rocked my office in Hanover MD. I looked at my coworker when it just started. The floor under my chair was pulsating. I said to him, "This is a earthquake." He did not believe it. Then the entire building was rocking. The damn walls were swaying. We make a beeline to the door. As soon as we got to the door to the outside it stopped. Absolutely wild and a bit scary.

flatsixes · 08-23-11, 01:33 PM

Made for an interesting few minutes. Biggest hing that's happened here in Richmond since April 1865.

Growler · 08-23-11, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by flatsixes

Made for an interesting few minutes. Biggest hing that's happened here in Richmond since April 1865.

Winner!

Looks like a lot of East Coasters are going to have lively dinner conversations tonight.

Careful with those sodas and beers, though.

vienna · 08-23-11, 01:53 PM

When the Nortridge Quake hit in 1994 (6.7 manitude), I was working in an office and one of our interns was from Wisconsin and had never felt an earthquake before. However, she managed to sleep right through it and came in to the office highly disappointed to have missed the quake. BTW, each full level on the Richter scale is 10 times the strength of the previous leve, e.g, a 3.0 is ten time stronger than a 2.0, etc. So you people back east may think you felt a big one, but the Northridge Quake was roughly 10 time bigger than today's quake.

Incidentaly, it was nice to see something finally moving Congress.l..

08-23-11, 01:05 PM	#1
Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	A earth shakeing wakeup call Anyone else feel the earthquake In Virginia today? according to the news it was a 5.5, or 5.8 (im hearing both) __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

08-23-11, 01:06 PM	#2
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	We did on Tangier about 15 minutes ago. First thought which went through my mind was - liquefaction Last edited by Rockstar; 08-23-11 at 03:01 PM.

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CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I didn't, but other people in my town reported it. Funny, I'm supposed to be in that part of VA tomorrow There was also one about the same scale in Colorado last night, reportedly the biggest they had in a century. So this one's probably related. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-23-11, 01:09 PM	#4
Growler A long way from the sea Join Date: May 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,913 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	That's a bigun for this area, too. Shook us like crazy up here in Westminster. __________________ At Fiddler’s Green, where seamen true When here they’ve done their duty The bowl of grog shall still renew And pledge to love and beauty.

08-23-11, 01:10 PM	#5
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	Wasn't just VA by the way. At least if my facebook feed is any indication, it's been felt by people from North Carolina to Boston to Toronto here. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-23-11, 01:16 PM	#7
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	I had the opposite last year though. We had one about that same size hit last june, and I felt it but other people wouldn't believe me till they got it on the news (although I initially didn't know what it was, just that my body immediately went into high alert mode, like something was wrong but I didn't know it). My parents were right under the epicenter of that one, they said there was extremely loud rumbling all through the area. Hope everything's okay with this one! A couple of my good friends in the DC area, including ones that I'm visiting tomorrow and for the rest of the weekend, have just been evacuated from work... no word from them since, but I'm gonna hope it's all just proper precaution. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

08-23-11, 01:21 PM	#8
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	News radio here in Los Angeles reported the National Quake Center rated it at 5.8 on the Richter Scale; hell, that's barely more than a door slam in california...

08-23-11, 01:22 PM	#9
Rockstar In the Brig Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 12,614 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0

08-23-11, 01:29 PM	#11
FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Liveing in So. Calif, I'm kinda numb to ones in the 3.0 to 5.0+ There usually Aftershocks months after the 6.0 plusers It's to the point the news doesn't report unless it's significant. To those that aren't used to it it, can be quite a shock. No pun intended. Be prepared for the Aftershocks. Some can be bigger that the initial Quake. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

08-23-11, 01:33 PM	#12
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It completely rocked my office in Hanover MD. I looked at my coworker when it just started. The floor under my chair was pulsating. I said to him, "This is a earthquake." He did not believe it. Then the entire building was rocking. The damn walls were swaying. We make a beeline to the door. As soon as we got to the door to the outside it stopped. Absolutely wild and a bit scary. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

08-23-11, 01:33 PM	#13
flatsixes Weps Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Virginia Posts: 362 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Made for an interesting few minutes. Biggest hing that's happened here in Richmond since April 1865.

08-23-11, 01:53 PM	#15
vienna Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Anywhere but the here & now... Posts: 7,711 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	When the Nortridge Quake hit in 1994 (6.7 manitude), I was working in an office and one of our interns was from Wisconsin and had never felt an earthquake before. However, she managed to sleep right through it and came in to the office highly disappointed to have missed the quake. BTW, each full level on the Richter scale is 10 times the strength of the previous leve, e.g, a 3.0 is ten time stronger than a 2.0, etc. So you people back east may think you felt a big one, but the Northridge Quake was roughly 10 time bigger than today's quake. Incidentaly, it was nice to see something finally moving Congress.l..