View Full Version : 5.8 earthquake hits the east coast.
hikerboy57
08-23-2011, 14:11
A 5.8 earthquake just hit the washington/ VA area, and we felt the tremors here in NY. earthquakes, hurricanes, does anyone know where harold kamping is?
details http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php
Harold Camping will make a statement soon, something about chicken little!
Sarcasm the elf
08-23-2011, 14:25
Yup, we felt the tremors up here in Connecticut. I wonder how it effected the folks on the trail, I imagine that's an unnerving thing to feel while in the middle of the woods.
4eyedbuzzard
08-23-2011, 14:29
Felt it here in northern NH as well. Fan chains were swinging back and forth, water in glas vibrating. Lasted about a minute or so. Very mild.
southpaw95
08-23-2011, 14:30
We felt it in our home here in Catawba. Some pictures moved on a desk and a mirror on a wall banged a bit. Lasted about 6 seconds.
A thought ran through my head... "Damn ,I have no beer!"
HiKen2011
08-23-2011, 14:43
We felt it in our home here in Catawba. Some pictures moved on a desk and a mirror on a wall banged a bit. Lasted about 6 seconds.
A thought ran through my head... "Damn ,I have no beer!"
Always, always keep beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mrs Baggins
08-23-2011, 14:51
Husband was on a conference call to their Montreal office and those people were feeling it.
bloodmountainman
08-23-2011, 14:55
A bigger and better one would have done trillions of dollars worth of improvements to Washington DC.
hikerboy57
08-23-2011, 14:57
A bigger and better one would have done trillions of dollars worth of improvements to Washington DC.its not the buildings that are the problem.
... A thought ran through my head... "Damn ,I have no beer!"
Well, I'm thankful there was no spillage!
Sarcasm the elf
08-23-2011, 14:58
A bigger and better one would have done trillions of dollars worth of improvements to Washington DC.Why is it that this site still doesn't have a "like" button?
ShakeyLeggs
08-23-2011, 15:01
We felt it here in Carlisle, Pa
Felt it here in Charlotte NC.
-SEEKER-
08-23-2011, 15:07
Someone here in Cincinnati, OH claims to have felt it but I am skeptical about that claim.
ChinMusic
08-23-2011, 15:09
The Washington Post is blaming the earthquake on the newly found Bush Fault.....
Earthquakes are another reason hammocks are better.......
middle to middle
08-23-2011, 15:15
I drink beer in a bottle mostly. Think I will switch to cans. Hate to have an earthquake destroy all my beer.
house shook for a minute but no apparent damage.
T
4eyedbuzzard
08-23-2011, 15:18
The Washington Post is blaming the earthquake on the newly found Bush Fault.....
Earthquakes are another reason hammocks are better.......
Gee, I wonder who Faux News and Fred Phelps will blame it on?
News reporting - another reason it's better to be in a hammock, tent, or even locked in a privy, as long as it's deep in the woods and isolated from news media.
hikerboy57
08-23-2011, 15:19
I drink beer in a bottle mostly. Think I will switch to cans. Hate to have an earthquake destroy all my beer.
house shook for a minute but no apparent damage.
TThank god the beer was undamaged!!
ekeverette
08-23-2011, 15:22
was in my car at the light, thought my engine was stalling. weird.
58starter
08-23-2011, 15:28
the sand in Florida did not move. It is just hot, hot, hot here.
Felt it up here in Central Maine! Oh, wait, no I didn't. Almost spilled my beer though!
ChinMusic
08-23-2011, 15:38
My heart goes out to the victims of all these ****ty earthquake 'jokes'
It's that damn ALL Kiyeeahdah.
raiffnuke
08-23-2011, 15:53
Felt it all the way up in the Berkshires in Massachusetts.
Can I get some Carole King, please!?!
Seriously, I'm thankful that we can be light about these eastern earthquakes. For now, I guess.
I've ofter wondered what it would be like to be on AT when earthquake hit. from the reports above, AT hikers may have felt if from Carlisle down Skyline to Roanoke/Catawba area.
hikerboy57
08-23-2011, 16:13
i prefer stirred, not shaken
Feral Bill
08-23-2011, 16:19
Could have been scary in an old stone shelter. Very scary.
Plodderman
08-23-2011, 16:35
I did not feel it but the radio announcers here in Southern Ohio is talikng about it.
-SEEKER-
08-23-2011, 17:01
Someone here in Cincinnati, OH claims to have felt it but I am skeptical about that claim.
Well, I have to eat crow on this one. My brother, a Geologist, posted on his FB Page that he felt it in his office on the 23 floor of a building in Downtown Cincinnati.
XrayDuke
08-23-2011, 17:15
Felt it in Johnson City,TN. There was a vibration in the floor for about 15 seconds.
We felt it in NW PA. Felt a slight after tremor as well.
Tuckahoe
08-23-2011, 17:23
Well that was my first earthquake ever. It was centered around Louisa, Virginia sorta between Richmond and Charlottesville and certainly felt it in Williamsburg. I was sitting on the edge of my hearth and felt it move and watched the anvil move a little too. Not a lot of movement, but enough to kinda have a feeling of seasickness for about 15 seconds.
restless
08-23-2011, 17:45
So, I was doing some trail work in Shenandoah NP today with a PATC crew. We were building some rock structures and dropped a rather large rock. Didn't think it was that huge but guess I was wrong. Anyway, sorry folks, my bad.
Felt it here in Virginia Beach, VA
Water was sloshing around in the aquarium for about 20-30 sec.
Hmmm... Earthquake today and probably Hurricane Irene this weekend.
Is the end near???????
Sarcasm the elf
08-23-2011, 18:05
Hmmm... Earthquake today and probably Hurricane Irene this weekend.Is the end near???????Just the end of my chances to get a weekend hike in during August.
Felt is strongly in Philly...........was in a 200 year old house / office.............watching the news, epicenter was just south of Charlottesville, VA - would have been fun to have been on the trail, someone will update soon from the ground.
We were camping amongst a grove of redwoods once in CA when an earthquake hit. It was the most peaceful thing I have ever experienced.
Rocket Jones
08-23-2011, 19:01
There was a tornado in southern Maryland last weekend, an earthquake today, and hurricane Irene next weekend. I have "plague of frogs" penciled in for Wednesday.
My neighbor is a store manager for WalMart and he showed me pictures of his store. The grocery section was a mess. Lots of broken glass.
johnnybgood
08-23-2011, 20:12
The epicenter was approx. 40 miles from here so the intensity was quite strong.
I'm jonesing for a hike in the mountains this weekend but mother nature might have a thing or two to say about that .
4thandgoal
08-23-2011, 20:25
I live in norfolk,va. I happen to be working in richmond,va this week. Very wild. When we got back to the hotel room, all the stuff up on the table and micro was on the floor. Now we have to make sure to get home in time this weekend to beat the storm. They will shut the tunnels down.
SawnieRobertson
08-23-2011, 21:14
REPORT FROM SUGAR GROVE, VIRGINIA (Partnership Shelter): Nothing. Not a wiggle. Not a rumba.
A geologist came on TV and said that we didn't shake because we are on solid rock. Okay, but, if we are on solid rock, why do we have all these sinkholes?
Oh, yeah, also, we are no longer in the path for Irene's unwelcome visit this weekend.
Ahhhh, the bliss of living in SWVA?
Kinnickinic
Blissful
08-23-2011, 22:03
Reporting in from central VA - we are 25 miles from the epicenter. I know CA is use to it, but we are not, and I frankly don't care to experience that kind of rumbling and shaking again.
Now for Hurricane Irene...
Blissful
08-23-2011, 22:05
Oh, yeah, also, we are no longer in the path for Irene's unwelcome visit this weekend.
Ahhhh, the bliss of living in SWVA?
Kinnickinic
As you know it's still too early to predict the huirricane's path. Look for it better in a few days when the cold front hits
Wise Old Owl
08-23-2011, 22:23
I will share my take on this- Nobody could have predicted this, when it happened cell phones were useless - 911 was overwhelmed for 30 minutes with stupid people with no real emergency. when the towers came back it was some thirty minutes later. Some people over reacted...
stars in her eyes
08-23-2011, 23:11
13660
*runs away*
4eyedbuzzard
08-24-2011, 00:05
13660
*runs away*
:eek: LOL :cool:
Wise Old Owl
08-24-2011, 00:20
Kind of sums it up...
Trailweaver
08-24-2011, 01:33
I want some reports from people on the trail. . . what they thought it was, what happened, what the trees were doing, etc.
Yup, we felt the tremors up here in Connecticut. I wonder how it effected the folks on the trail, I imagine that's an unnerving thing to feel while in the middle of the woods.
I did not feel it in the central Connecticut valley, but, oddly, I dreamt of being in a 6-ish magnitude quake, in a downtown area, just the other night.
13660
*runs away*
Post of the day! Thanks for the laugh! :)
I was sleeping on the couch, thought the dog was trying to get on the couch, then realized he was at the cabin across the road. Went back to sleep...lol
Everyone remember to be safe and never open a beer right after an earthquake.... Give the beer time to reduce the foaming before opening!!!!
From a friend of a friend just a few miles from the quake in rural VA:
It was pretty amazing. I was outside walking up from the chicken coop to the house when it happened. It sounded like a rumble I guess, a bit hard to describe. At first I couldn't tell what was happening then the intensity increased and I felt like I was surfing on the ground. It was so unusual for me that I never really looked around to see what was happening to the house or the shop. I could hear the coop behind me rattle. As it slowed, our dog started barking and running all over through the woods. She was freaked out. My first though was they detonated a bomb in DC. I wasn't thinking about an earthquake in VA.
I ran up to the house thinking about a Bomb. I got online and at first there wasn't any info.
My dog was still running all over and barking. I looked out and it wasn't blowing so I got on the USGS to look for any new earthquake info. There wasn't anything.
I tried calling my wife with the cell phone and the service wasn't working. Remember that if a situation occurs.
I refreshed the USGS site and it showed the quake. About 15 miles from where we live.
I eventually spoke to the wife and she said she didn't feel anything at the time but she was walking out of the grocery store while on lunch and she saw people running out of all the little shops.
I did feel the couple of after shocks as well they were more like a sonic boom rumble.
Our dog was freaked out most of the afternoon.
Not much happened in the house no major damage. One of my wife's coworkers who lives real close to where it happened had his wife call to tell him that all kinds of stuff was knocked of the shelves and walls.
All of DC shut down over this. What will happen when something real big happens?
Tuckahoe
08-25-2011, 08:18
That picture just cracks me up. As far as the big one from what I read about the quake here in Virginia -- compared to the ones in CA -- is that since the east coast is older colder and not as many faults quakes will be felt over a much greater area rather than be localized. This is the reason that the quake could be felt in New York and New England as well as Ohio and south to Florida. Also as far as I understand it, this quake didnt happen at a fault and down much deeper than may usually happen.
another 4.5 aftershock last night woke me up