Earthquake!!!

[DOOM]

Just had a huge tremor come through!!!

Anyone else feel it???

[CBT]

Stuff be shakin'.

[CBT]

Just had a huge tremor come through!!!

Anyone else feel it???

That's what she said!

[TAKEDOWN]

Pentagon evacuated!

[beantown mm]

sure did,,, sittin in my chair here.... was nuts,,,, Boston..

[F8LBITEva]

yep here in Tysons/Vienna VA too

[TAKEDOWN]

Just heard the Pentagon was evacuated!

[Papillon]

YES IN NY!!!!

My mom called & said it was an after shock of a 5.8 in VA! Is everyone ok?!!

[CBT]

Just heard the Pentagon was evacuated!

We should have them more often, then. :beer:

[CBT]

Pentagon evacuated!

Good! Lock it up while everyone's outside!

[RacerX]

Stuff be shakin'.
Guess I can put it away now... ;)

[TAKEDOWN]

Hope everyone out there is okay! Thought i felt a tremor myself, but it was just guspech750/joey's heartbeat... Disregard!

[MM03MOK]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00lqe6x3.php

[TAKEDOWN]

You guys okay? Are the MARAUDERs okay?

[CBT]

You guys okay? Are the MARAUDERs okay?
LOL! Yeah, we good in Hampton Roads. Felt worse ones in San Diego.

[Blackened300a]

You guys okay? Are the MARAUDERs okay?

Won't know until I get home and see if the garage collapsed or not. Flet like someone took their hands and shook my car. That was how strong it was here in NY.

[RacerX]

That earthquake was big enough it blended two threads into one! ;)

[CBT]

That earthquake was big enough it blended two threads into one! ;)

I like blending. You busy laterz? :cool:

[RacerX]

I like blending. You busy laterz? :cool:
Ohhhhh!!! Daqairis??? Margharitas??? :D

[PonyUP]

I'm just gonna say, Dibs on any floormats.

Hope everyones okay, I thought I was imagining stuff here in Atlanta, I felt a very minor shake, then I heard this was an earthquake. Guess my mind wasn't playing tricks on me

[DOOM]

YES IN NY!!!!

My mom called & said it was an after shock of a 5.8 in VA! Is everyone ok?!!

They are saying 5.9 now!

hope everyone is ok!

[wickedmerc]

Felt it here in Middletown, NJ. Thought I was having a dizzy spell or something...that was freaky! Can't even imagine what a BIG 1 feels like (referring to earthquakes, gutter-brains).

[Papillon]

Yes! IT was updated...

ACCORDING TO OUR LOCAL NEWS: "The source of the tremors was a 5.9-magnitude earthquake with an epicenter in central Virginia, about 41 miles northwest of Richmond."


:shake:

[foxbodymike87]

i didnt feel ***** lol

[Ozark Marauder]

5.9 magnitude...........Centered right here.(see Map)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=37.9746,-77.9689%28M5.9+-+Virginia+-+2011+August+23+17:51:03+UTC%2 9&t=h&z=7&iwloc=A

[DOOM]

You guys okay? Are the MARAUDERs okay?

Funny you should say that! I was in the garage in my marauder detailing the interior for a car show this weekend. When i saw the garage start to shake first. I was thinking it was just a freak thunderstorm passing through (we have quite a few of those lately) and it was just a strong wind. But then I felt the marauder start to shake with me in it! I was like WTF!!! :eek:

The dog even came running into the garage.

[Papillon]

Charlie is just an hour from there by my calculations. I hope he & the fam are ok! :depress:

[DOOM]

Was felt from north carolina all the way up to new york!!!!!
Damn!!!!

Paul,Voula,Ms. D, Mr. Man and everyone else up that way i hope you and your familys are all ok!

As well as everyone else in the C.A.M area.

[Papillon]

According to reports here & my coworkers, unless you were standing/sitting still you didn't really feel it. Some patients that spoke to didn't even know!

Crazy.

[Papillon]

I am over in an 8 story building in Merrifield, VA. We were moving about 2-3 inches side to side. Biggest that I have ever felt. Pretty serious shake in this part of Virginia. Understand that it was centered in Mineral County down near Richmond/Charlotteville, VA area.

Wonder if this is the infamous New Madrid, MO fault line that runs up through VA, PA, Long Island and Boston, MA. Last big quake there was in 1812.

Phone lines are all tied up. No cell .... no landline for the most part. Internet is up. Check FaceBook for information. That may be the emergency communications of the future. ;)


Charlie?!! Glad to hear you guys are ok.

[DOOM]

Now they are saying it was felt in Boston.

[Papillon]

They also upped it again to a 6.0

[CWright]

Glad everyone is ok!

[Ms. Denmark]

Doomie, I'm OK. Thanks for asking. It was felt here but no apparent damage. Glad Charlie is OK!

[SID210SA]

Is that unusual for that part of the country....I have never heard of one in that area before.....or maybe I just remember the big ones like NorthRidge.

[DOOM]

It moved the picture on my wall!
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad47/DOOMIE/505feafa.jpg

[Ozark Marauder]

I am over in an 8 story building in Merrifield, VA. We were moving about 2-3 inches side to side. Biggest that I have ever felt. Pretty serious shake in this part of Virginia. Understand that it was centered in Mineral County down near Richmond/Charlotteville, VA area.

Wonder if this is the infamous New Madrid, MO fault line that runs up through VA, PA, Long Island and Boston, MA. Last big quake there was in 1812.

Phone lines are all tied up. No cell .... no landline for the most part. Internet is up. Check FaceBook for information. That may be the emergency communications of the future. ;)

No....That's not New Madrid....That's a separate seismic zone in that area: The small yellow image in Virginia, you can zoom in to see the boundaries

http://geohazards.usgs.gov/qfaults/eusa/eus.php

[RacerX]

Is that unusual for that part of the country....I have never heard of one in that area before.....or maybe I just remember the big ones like NorthRidge.
7.3 in SC, 1886. They've even changed the course of the Mississippi over time...

[captJ696]

Yep, my nieces told my brother and I they felt the couch shake. My brother and I were out but never felt anything.

[Mr. Man]

Was felt from North Carolina all the way up to New York!!!!!
Damn!!!!

Paul,Voula,Ms. D, Mr. Man and everyone else up that way i hope you and your families are all OK!

As well as everyone else in the C.A.M area.
I didn't feel anything. Outside painting on rickety scaffolding so who knows. Could have been here and gone and the shaking on the scaffolding is normal so I wouldn't have noticed it.

Wish it would have taken down my barn I need to build a new one and it would have made for a good excuse to tell Paula I need to get more tools:lol:

[Mr. Man]

It moved the picture on my wall!
http://i920.photobucket.com/albums/ad47/DOOMIE/505feafa.jpg
Wow!!! Paneling how 1974 :D

[Papillon]

Bernie works in a doctor's office south of me. She said they left the building and didn't come back. She's home now. Some books off the shelves and some pics on the floor. I am headed home 'cause she is quite anxious about this. :D A 5.9 earthquake ain't common here in Virginia and this is certainly a first for her.


I'm nervous about it and I'm in NY! Glad you guys are ok Chaaalie!

[Crown Vicman]

Felt nothing here its good to be in Alabama but I have a feeling I'll feel those strong winds in a couple of weeks. The winds of Irene.

[Bobmiddle]

Now you east coasters know how we feel out here on the other coast. Been through quite a few out here in Ca. some 5's 6's and even 7's.:eek: Hope everyone and everything is well for you eastcosters.

[DOOM]

On youtube
http://youtu.be/amvfA3gxAZM

[ImpalaSlayer]

maybe mother nature was trying to shake people out of their offices down in dc :lol:

i was sitting on a trailer putting some parts on an engine and i thought some one was shaking the trailer but no one was there, then i was like WTF?

[Blown3.8]

How you guys like our VA style quake? We ok around here. I'm about 70 miles from the epicenter. My brother lives in mineral which is 9 miles from the center, he is ok too. He said more stuff fell of his walls than me.

I was sitting here just got off the phone with a customer and my roll up door started shaking harder and harder. I thought the chinese carryout guy was pushing on it. So I started walking back there then I felt the ground move, then I knew what it was. So I ran back to the front of the shop where my dad is, yelling get the **** out! Right before we got out the door I heard stuff starting to fall of the walls.

I ran around the back of the building to check things out. Went back inside and pulled the convertible mark 8 out incase we had more quakes.

Definatly a different experience. We have quantico marine corp base close to us and they are always blowing things up and the roll up door shakes. So the door shaking didn't bother me at first. It just kept going and going this time.

Looks like from that google map posted earlier that my bro was about 3 miles due east of the center.

[PonyUP]

Since this was close to D.C. I'm thinking there was an attempt at the earth opening up to swallow the politicians whole, this has yet to be confirmed

[Bigdogjim]

I was sitting at the computer answering e-mail a little before 2PM when the room started shaking? I thought the water heater was gonna blow! For those of you who know me you not belive how fast I got outside:)

2 cats were a little crazed but OK Beagles buddies were outside and OK:)

Fun stuff for sure!!

Quake was felt as far away as western Mi. & Tronoto, Ca.

[SC Cheesehead]

News to me!

Nuttin' here...

[Blackened300a]

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/313292_10150288481925675_79062 5674_7731980_4248667_n.jpg

[gdsqdcr]

6.0 ... come to California, we will show you what a real earthquake is!

On a serious note, hope everyone is well. FEMA has put three strike teams on alert already, just in case.

[CBT]

My ex-wife is working at the Pentagon for a couple months, she said they didn't have to evacuate but the Secret Service evacuated. DOD employees just went about like nothing was happening.
I have mixed emotions about it not collapsing.....

[hwy73]

My son, who we just set up at Univ of Richmond last week, calls me and says "I just survived an earthquake." I said "You whatttttttt?" Incredibly, he said there were no evacuations and business on campus carried on as usual.

[CBT]

Funny tweets:

After Washington DC realized that the earthquake was nothing to worry about, they took to Twitter to joke about the cause. Some of the best ones below:

@TPCarney: Krugman says it wasn't big enough.

@comradescott: Evidently the quake occurred on a little known fault line outside of DC called "Bush's Fault". #tcot #p2

@calebhowe: Breaking: Obama administration points out they "inherited" fault lines from previous administrations.

@MaizeBlueNation: Fox News claims the Washington monument is leaning to the right, MSNBC claims it's leaning to the left. More news at 11.

@charliespiering: I won't stop shaking until Obama makes a speech telling me that everything is ok and that he has a plan

@Ben_Howe: As all of DC leaves work at the same time, the United States experiences a brief economic recovery. <----my fav!

@daveweigel: Was all set to loot in Dupont circle, then realized all we have are taco and cupcake stores.

@JimPethokoukis Shot: Virginia Earthquake Chaser: Hurricane Irene

@politicoroger POLITICO had the earthquake story yesterday.

[fastblackmerc]

Felt it in Cary, just southwest of Raleigh.

Guess where I had to travel to today???


Richmond!

[knine]

Japan says "Stop crying about a little ground shake and a pic falling, we had it bad"
(As of Aug 15, 2011) Deaths: 15698 – Missing: 4666 – Total: 20364

http://laughingsquid.com/wp-content/uploads/20110312_JAPAN-slide-ZNGB-jumbo-640x426.jpg

[robertmee]

Live in Va on the border, was in Apex, NC when I felt the tremor...booked it back up to Va and all is well at the homestead.

[BlkMamba24]

Yea that was crazy....thought it was some strong winds or a plane flying too low at first until it kept going and got stronger. Think it scared my 2yr old more than anybody, my dog didn't even make any noise

[knine]

Redirected rage?


Biden Meets With Tsunami Survivors in Japan
By MARTIN FACKLER (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/f/martin_fackler/index.html?inline=nyt-per)

Published: August 23, 2011





NATORI, Japan — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/joseph_r_jr_biden/index.html?inline=nyt-per) met with survivors of the Japanese tsunami and spoke at an airport that was reopened just a month after the disaster with American military help, in a visit aimed at highlighting strengthened ties with Japan.

On Tuesday, Mr. Biden repeatedly spoke of the friendship between the nations, saying that he had no doubt Japan would have come to America’s aid if the tables had been turned.

[jsignorelli]

Hi All:

Here are a few websites you will find interesting. They allow you to monitor earthquakes anywhere in the world.
www.IRIS.edu/dms/seismon.htm (http://www.IRIS.edu/dms/seismon.htm)

click on the circle to view details

www.ldeo.columbia.edu/LCSN (http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/LCSN)

click on view current seismograms.

PS: you should see what the seismometer in my classroom has been doing the past two days....

[MERCMAN]

Funny you should say that! I was in the garage in my marauder detailing the interior for a car show this weekend. When i saw the garage start to shake first. I was thinking it was just a freak thunderstorm passing through (we have quite a few of those lately) and it was just a strong wind. But then I felt the marauder start to shake with me in it! I was like WTF!!! :eek:

The dog even came running into the garage.

Doom has a dog????

alright,,lets see a pic of this 4 legged DOOMDOG

[tbone]

If Washington DC was leveled, I think the economy would recover much, much more quickly. Optimism would be renewed.........Seriously.

[knine]

Doom has a dog????

alright,,lets see a pic of this 4 legged DOOMDOG
Yes, pic or it's proally a damn cat

[guspech750]

If Washington DC was leveled, I think the economy would recover much, much more quickly. Optimism would be renewed.........Seriously.

Tom........................... ..you are so right. And hopefully all the thieves would be smashed under the rubble.


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[BlkMamba24]

Really.....

[knine]

If Washington DC was leveled, I think the economy would recover much, much more quickly. Optimism would be renewed.........Seriously.


Tom........................... ..you are so right. And hopefully all the thieves would be smashed under the rubble.


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I'm sure we'd elect new ones...:mad2:

[CBT]

I was thinking it was just a freak thunderstorm passing through (we have quite a few of those lately) and it was just a strong wind. But then I felt the marauder start to shake with me in it!.

Then they must seriously be sand-bagging on that 5.9 estimate :lol:

[fastblackmerc]

Then they must seriously be sand-bagging on that 5.9 estimate :lol:

It's been lowered to 5.8

[DOOM]

I jumped up and missed it 'cause it was just a quick shake.

Thats what she said!

[CBT]

Thats what she said!

HELLO!!! :beer:

[MyTMerc]

I was on a conference call with Los Angeles and Bethpage, NY. We told the guys in LA to pause the brief because we were having an earthquake (us this time instead of them). They thought we were joking. About a 30 - 60 seconds later the guy NY said he just felt the quake there.

All OK here. It shook the area pretty good. They closed the Harry Nice bridge to Virginia at 2:15 for inspection.

They also evacuated the nuclear plant for inspection. No problems at either site, just making sure.

[knine]

Bears sucketh.


oops, wrong thread, but still applies.

[Fosters]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305433_10150259240435764_24042 830763_8075931_8263600_n.jpg

:D

[Shaijack]

Glad to hear everyone is OK, did not feel a thing in New Orleans.

[guspech750]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305433_10150259240435764_24042 830763_8075931_8263600_n.jpg

:D

Lmao!!!!!! Oh that's too funny!! :lol:


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[1stMerc]

Doom has a dog????

alright,,lets see a pic of this 4 legged DOOMDOG

LoL,That's the same thing i was thinking.

[Bigdogjim]

Lmao!!!!!! Oh that's too funny!! :lol:


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That picture was all over twitter:)

The new first alert and warning system:)

[Bigdogjim]

But then I felt the marauder start to shake with me in it! I was like WTF!!! :eek:

My marauder shakes everytime I get in it:lol:

[Blackened300a]

http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/305433_10150259240435764_24042 830763_8075931_8263600_n.jpg

:D

:lol: :lol:
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6184/6076466934_e02bb8b0bd.jpg

[Bigdogjim]

Another aftershock overnight. This time a 3.4 @ 00:46 AM. Woke me up. This is starting to bother me a bit. Aftershocks normally get smaller and smaller. These seem to be all over the scale ... up and down. Aftershock??? or Precursor??

Well is not 2012 the end of it all? SO maybe this is a precursor.

[TFB]

I suspect the ground was shakin' cause I had the Marauder out to stretch it legs... It got the first real workout since the fuel issue was repaired, had it up in Urbanna VA visiting a old friend when the quake hit... Wasn't bad but was the largest "shake" I'd ever experienced...

[tbone]

Our recent Illinois quake felt like a truck going by. Whippee!

[Haggis]

There was an earthquake? :dunno:

[Bigdogjim]

There was an earthquake? :dunno:

It's all over now so back to sleep.:sleepy:

Move along nothing to see now.

[Papillon]

It's all over now so back to sleep.:sleepy:

Move along nothing to see now.


He probably thought it was the a rumble in his belly cause by the bean burrito he had for lunch. :D

[Bigdogjim]

He probably thought it was the a rumble in his belly cause by the bean burrito he had for lunch. :D
:laugh:....................... ........

[DOOM]

It's all over now so back to sleep.:sleepy:

Move along nothing to see now.

That's what she said. :depress:

[White Knuckles]

This just in:
The President has just confirmed that the DC earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line, apparently known as "Bush's Fault". The President also announced that the Secret Service and Maxine Waters continues an investigation of the quake's suspicious ties to the Tea Party. Conservatives however have proven that it was caused by the founding fathers rolling over in their graves.

[Fosters]

This just in:
The President has just confirmed that the DC earthquake occurred on a rare and obscure fault-line, apparently known as "Bush's Fault". The President also announced that the Secret Service and Maxine Waters continues an investigation of the quake's suspicious ties to the Tea Party. Conservatives however have proven that it was caused by the founding fathers rolling over in their graves.

:lol: That's awesome!

[FreddieH]

That was weird, took me for a ride