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What the hell just happened? (earthquake)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by The Big Ragu, Aug 23, 2011.

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  1. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    Tremors in NY. Just flipped to MSNBC and apparently earthquake in D.C.

    I have never felt an earthquake before. That was freaky.
     
    The Big Ragu, Aug 23, 2011
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  2. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    Yeah. It was. Stuff fell off our walls. Saw on someone's facebook that they felt it in Canada.
     
    wicked, Aug 23, 2011
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  3. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    CNN: 5.8 earthquake in Virginia.
     
    wicked, Aug 23, 2011
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  4. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    We had it here in Richmond. I've never felt one like that before.
     
    Big Circus, Aug 23, 2011
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  5. RalphWaldoHenderson

    RalphWaldoHenderson New Member

    Sounds like the thing went through much of North America: I'm watching the Indians-Mariners game in Cleveland, and they said they felt something. And a friend i upstate South Carolina tweeted that he felt something too.
     
    RalphWaldoHenderson, Aug 23, 2011
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  6. Rhody31

    Rhody31 Well-Known Member

    Felt it here in Rhode Island.
     
    Rhody31, Aug 23, 2011
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  7. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    5.8. Wild. That's more than a hard sneeze.

    Colorado just had a 5.3 overnight -- its largest in nearly 40 years.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 23, 2011
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  8. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    It's pretty freaky that they're happening in Colorado and Virginia and NYC.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Aug 23, 2011
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  9. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    Pentagon being evacuated.

    5.8 is a good shaker, even for California. For the East Coast -- that's a biggie.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 23, 2011
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  10. EStreetJoe

    EStreetJoe Well-Known Member

    Just felt the earth shake in Mercer County, NJ and a minute later someone I was on the phone with in New York City was saying "what was that, I just felt the building shake".

    I haven't felt an earthquake since 1986, the morning I was taking the SAT.
     
    EStreetJoe, Aug 23, 2011
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  11. MileHigh

    MileHigh Moderator Staff Member

    MSNBC: Centered near Charlottesville, Va.

    U.S. Capitol being evacuated.
     
    MileHigh, Aug 23, 2011
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  12. Big Circus

    Big Circus Well-Known Member

    Epicenter was Mineral, VA, between Richmond and Charlottesville.

    EDIT: Should point out that's about 20 miles from Lake Anna, which has a nuclear power plant.
     
    Big Circus, Aug 23, 2011
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