5.8 Earthquake in Virginia

Shenandoah Valley reporting, it just shook the ground a little here...BUT in 57 years, I've never felt an earthquake here...weird.. and the dog was none too happy.

No reports of any damage so far, just something new for the locals...and a hurricane heading up the east coast this weekend.

Just another day in paradise...and it is beautiful here today.

Hope everyone is ok- not much on the news yet as far as damage.

You southerners sure know how to make new residents feel right at home- my best friend just took her 2 CA sons to UVA and William and Mary for college and law school. This will make the California boys feel right at home!

Please keep us posted as damage reports come in.

Could feel it in Central NC.

CaBB - Hope your friend brought hurricane supplies too!

Arlington, VA. Our office building was really shaking for about 30 - 45 seconds. I have never experienced that before.

Apparantly we felt it in the southern part of NC on the coast from what everyone is saying. I didn't feel it but everyone at school said it did. I was outside dropping our nets down in preparation of Hurricane Irene that's going to hit us this weekend. I guess the ground was more stable than the buildings because everyone outside thought the people inside were crazy since they felt it and we didn't.

That was weird. I was outside long-tossing with my youngest son on a large field. I heard a large noise but for the life of me, I couldn't figure out what it was.....so we kept throwing. I came home and my wife told me it was an earthquake. My cousin called me to tell me she was on the toilet in NJ and peed herself because she was so scared. I told her she was in the right place....and then we both laughed. Too funny!

Glad all is well!! GED10DaD

A colleague of mine said he felt it here in a downtown office building in Cleveland Ohio. Said he thought it was wind shaking the building at first until he realized it was an earthquake. I was at lunch at ground level (17 stories lower) and did not notice it however.

Heck it was felt all the way up here in southern NH!

Here in Bethesda, MD, we had about 1 minute of heavy shaking and window rattling. Our highrise office building was then evacuated. No damage to the building.

You Northerner's can keep that crazy stuff up there! Don't send it our way. lol.

We'll just continue to contend with our massive tornadoes.

Buildings evacuated all over metropolitain Richmond, VA and surrounding areas. Was sitting at my desk and being hopeful that the noise and shaking (35 to 40 seconds?) WAS a quake and nothing else! We are back in the buildings and seem to be fine. My first quake - waiting on the aftershocks.

Felt like Godzilla was jumping on the house. The shelf on top of my son's bed fell down right on top of it. Really glad this didn't happen 12 hours earlier! His bed is now covered with baseball trophies and photos. He said he's sleeping in the basement from now on!

Felt it near Annapolis, MD at my high school. We had to evacuate and the computers in the lab fell over. I was in class at the time and the desks and floor started shaking. . .

Add southeastern MA to the list, as well as Providence, RI and Narragansett, RI. State capitol building in Providence evacuated; something to do with being the 4th largest unsupported dome in the world ....

Felt it pretty good in Va Beach. I was on a set of railroad tracks near a building. It felt like there was a train coming but the trainmaster said "No train"

redbird, I wonder what people on the Acela train thought.

Of course, the news had to interview a lady in her china shop. She's still 'a little shaken up'. (she said it)

she was probably wondering where the bull was! (on Wall Street today, thank god...)

No shaking but felt a rolling sensation going through my house. looked out side and saw my car going up and down.... felt like I was on a boat.....weird..lasted about 45 sec.
Son said some players felt it up in Portland Maine.

And there's a hurricane headed up the coast as well!

Yikes!

On occasion over the years, I've had people ask me, "Did you feel that tremor?" And I've always said something along the lines of, "What, there was a tremor?"

Well, I felt THIS one!

It started hard and I thought that a truck had hit our building. Then it kept coming like a train was rushing by. Then we kept rocking long after the main event, like we were the ones on the train.

I was on the phone with someone on the other side of town and he was going through the same thing at his end. I don't know that I've ever heard of something like this happening all over town, much less extending many states away.

I wonder how all the teams at the Babe Ruth 14u World Series feel? We gave them a little something extra to remember about their visit!

Welcome to our world! As many of these temblors that we have in CA you would think you would get used to them. Each and every one is still scary and you wonder if it's "the big one".

Glad to hear everyone is fine. Now hopefully the hurricane will veer away from you!

i felt an aftershock here in east ohio, bordering WV

5.8 Yawn... Pretty much just a teaser in So Cal.

This just in.

It has been reported that the epi center of the quake was in a graveyard located just outside of DC where all of out founding fathers rolled over in their graves!

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It has been reported that the epi center of the quake was in a graveyard located just outside of DC where all of out founding fathers rolled over in their graves!

All good jokes have a little truth to them!

My daughter, who works in Manhattan, said everyone cleared out of their buildings and into the streets. She works in the top floor of a 40 story building and it was rocking and rolling for about 30 seconds. She was a bit scared to say the least.

Different thoughts went through her mind as to what it might be.

I am located VERY near the center of all of it, lets just say one of the scariest parts wasn't even the quake, which frightened the hell out of me (there was damage to building around the area and almost all the schools that were expected to start tomorrow are now shut down, not sure of damages on them yet. BUT the scariest part is there is a nuclear power plant right here where it all happened. Not sure if anything is happening with that yet. But still has us all up in a roar.

OK the main earthquake was around 2:30 today, it is now 8:05 and we just felt another treamor, aftershock what ever you socal people call them, i know this is getting old fast, not sure if anyone could get used to those.

P.S we better not lose power, kids are in bed and i would hate for it to interupt my PS3 game, LOL...

So I hear on the news that the US Geological Survey warns people to "prepare for aftershocks."

How exactly does one "prepare for aftershocks"?

--Sleep outdoors?
--Install a hydraulic jack under a basement joist?
--Refrain from showering (to avoid embarrassment in case of sudden evacuation)?
--Drink heavily (to prevent hurting myself with startle reflex)?
--Observe the dog carefully and run outside if he whimpers or looks nervous?

Glad my tax dollars contributed to the gummint's ability to dispense such timely and practical advice.

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Originally posted by dswann:
5.8 Yawn... Pretty much just a teaser in So Cal.

True. true... but the SoCal infrastructure is designed to handle it, right coast - not so much. GED10DaD

Or you could just be like me. My wife comes home and says "Did you feel it? The walls were shaking at work." Uh what? "The earthquake. Didn't you feel it?" Uh no. "Are you serious? Have you seen the news?" Uh no. "How could everyone be talking about it and everyone feel it and you don't even know what happened?" Uh I have no idea.

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Originally posted by Coach_May:
Or you could just be like me. My wife comes home and says "Did you feel it? The walls were shaking at work." Uh what? "The earthquake. Didn't you feel it?" Uh no. "Are you serious? Have you seen the news?" Uh no. "How could everyone be talking about it and everyone feel it and you don't even know what happened?" Uh I have no idea.

I'm with you and never felt it. I was outside on the baseball field trying hurricane proof it and never felt the first thing. Walked into the building and one our home ec teachers was all crazy asking if I felt that. I had no idea what she was talking about. Truly never felt it.

Here in CT, I did't feel it. But a few surrounding towns did have some moments,more the city areas with the taller buildings.
Spoke with my son, who is just starting school in NC, and he didn't mention anything about it. I think he and the team were on the field at the time and he is having a meltdown because his cell phone isn't working right.

I'm glad the earthquake wasn't anything more than a scare and possibly a few broken dishes and windows. It doesn't sound like anyone wss seriously injured and we can all thank God for that.

My folks have a beach house in NC, so I'm also praying Irene doesn't do any more damage than the earthquake.

Funny they name storms but not earthquakes...

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Originally posted by dswann:
5.8 Yawn... Pretty much just a teaser in So Cal.

update- damage report.......

classic post

From a local D.C NEWS outlet..... "apparently, the epicenter is directly on the G.W. Bush fault line" .....

GED10DaD