EARTHQUAKE near DC

[Modelworks]

They are saying the quake was only 3.7 miles deep, kind of unusual to have one that close to the surface. Chavez or Iran must have perfected that earthquake machine.

 

[Fayd]

We laugh at you for going nuts over snow, so it all works out.

not really. lots of places in cali see LOTS of snowfall.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

I think I would have been worried if I was driving my car. But I was reading the news about Will Smith and Jada Pinkett so I was like eh.

 

[Mitch101]

Felt here in Charlotte NC.

 

[happy medium]

I was walking the dog in Philly and it knock this little kid right off his bike.
WHen I came home my furniture was crooked and all the nieghbors were all outside and there cell phones were not working. Comcast phone service is down here also.

 

[happy medium]

They are saying the quake was only 3.7 miles deep, kind of unusual to have one that close to the surface. Chavez or Iran must have perfected that earthquake machine.

That was just revised , it was .6 miles deep.

 

[Tiamat]

Alexandria, VA. Quite an interesting sustained shaking of the building.

 

[her209]

don't forget those pesky fires that swallow entire towns.

Don't build houses next to kindle. Let the fires burn the dead brush every year instead of letting all that build up resulting in a worse fire later.

 

[Slew Foot]

5.9? Pfft..... Call me when a real quake comes by.

 

[Saint Nick]

That is a different quake. Epicenter in Colorado and 5.3 mag.

Nope, definitely the DC quake.

 

[jalaram]

DC Earthquake devestation

 

[dfuze]

Blizzards are at least gradual and easily predictable. I'll take those over earthquakes any day.

This.
I don't know how people can get used to that shaking, wobbly feeling

 

[highland145]

DC Earthquake devestation

LOL.

Too bad.

 

[tboo]

Geology in action!

 

[QuantumPion]

DC Earthquake devestation

roflmao!

 

[Exterous]

DC Earthquake devestation

Nice

 

[Modelworks]

That was just revised , it was .6 miles deep.

That explains the distance then. People always focus on the magnitude but the depth plays a big part of how fast the magnitude falls off.

 

[happy medium]

This is the third quake we had in the Philadelphia area in the past month or 2.
The last one was only 1 mile from my house and cause a loud BOOM sound and had people spilling into the street and firetrucks and emergency vehicles scrambling.

http://articles.philly.com/2011-05-...tude-earthquake-boom-government-seismologists

 

[Gibson486]

In, Cambridge, MA....did not feel a thing.

 

[Imp]

I don't know about you, but that was a nice ass massage.

 

[GTSRguy]

Im in West Chester, PA. My whole 3 story office buidling was shaking rather hard, we all ran out. We felt the effects for about a 20 second period, the more violent stuff lastest about 5 seconds.

 

[jalaram]

Nice

Sorry. Can't help it. One more item.

XKCD take from some time ago

 

[rh71]

few things picked up on tv...

still tons of people evacuated in NYC and DC, evacuations in Canada north of Detroit too.
we felt it all along the east coast because rocks are harder here than the west coast and vibes would transfer farther.

 

[KlokWyze]

DC Earthquake devestation

 

[LegendKiller]

Was walking down the street when people started streaming out of buildings on 42nd and Lex, crazy.

Haarp attacking the bankers?