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Earthquake!

lacey0482lacey0482 member
in September 2011 Moms
Yikes...that was the first earthquake I've ever felt. Any other east coasters feel that? I'm on the 32nd floor of my building and did NOT like the swaying. Kinda crazy!
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  • TeacherVickyTeacherVicky member

    Ok, I'm all the way up in Ontario but I JUST texted DH telling him that the house was moving. Whisper

    It felt like I had climbed a large tree on a windy day.

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  • kimh0162kimh0162
    I'm in NYC and our office was shaking! Never felt anything like that!
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  • LaComtesseLaComtesse member

    I lived in LA for 2 years and felt my first earthquake in NYC.

    Way to fail, LA...

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  • Crenner1221Crenner1221
    I'm about an hour out of DC and we definitely felt it here! 5.8 Originated in VA, so far felt up to NY but Ontario! Indifferent too bad it didn't shake this baby out!
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  • littlemiss511littlemiss511 member
    I'm where PA/MD/DE all meet and we felt it. The whole hospital shook Tongue Tied At first I thought it was construction (they tend to shake my office a little) but the whole room shook and my computer monitor went crazy. Pretty stinkin' scary, I can't imagine being down in DC or VA!
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  • mishelemishele member

    I felt it too, I'm in NYC.  DH was evacuated from his building in NJ.  I have to admit, I'm a bit shaky right now.  They're telling us we're safer in the building.

     

     

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  • KAmandaKKAmandaK
    It's crazy! I live on the palisade in Weehawken and did not feel a thing!! My office in Jersey City (2 miles away) was evacuated though.
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  • cje1982cje1982

    I'm in Pittsburgh and we felt it here. Our whole building was evacuated. Once things started creaking I ran out of my office!

    So crazy!

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  • ajella1016ajella1016
    I am in Clayton, NC just outside of Raleigh, I was taking a nap, and woke up to the floor shaking. I was yelling at the dog to stop scratching, and then realized she was sound asleep....freaking earthquake!!  I just spent 10 days in CA, and then fly back to an earthquake...crazy!!
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  • dawn3513dawn3513 member
    imagecje1982:

    I'm in Pittsburgh and we felt it here. Our whole building was evacuated. Once things started creaking I ran out of my office!

    So crazy!

    Yay for another Pittsburgher! I live south of the city and definitely felt it too!

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  • CateB95CateB95

    I'm in Boston in a high rise and didn't feel anything.  DH's office is also in Boston, but he's closer to the ground and says he felt it. 

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  • dawn3513dawn3513 member
    imagecje1982:

    I'm in Pittsburgh and we felt it here. Our whole building was evacuated. Once things started creaking I ran out of my office!

    So crazy!

    Yay for another Pittsburgher! I live south of the city and definitely felt it too!

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  • shelley1002shelley1002 member

    Felt it here in nothern Connecticut.  The blinds in my office were swinging, that's about it.  My sister says she felt it all the way in Portland, Maine.

    CNN is reporting that the Pentagon is being evacuated and parts of Manhattan.

    https://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/23/quake-hits-near-washington-d-c/?hpt=hp_t2

     



     

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  • Ms5586Ms5586 member
    I'm about 75 miles from the epicenter....my entire house was shaking, the trees were shaking, not gonna lie, I totally panicked.  I hope everyone's ok!  I can't get through to anyone in family except through emails, thank God for my blackberry!
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  • laurynfaerielaurynfaerie member

    Indifferent I have NEVER heard of earthquakes on the east coast. I didn't even realize that we got them in Canada until I was 15 or 16, and in BC. I thought they were strictly a California thing. At least as far as North America goes.

    Now I feel dumb Embarrassed

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  • hoot179hoot179 member
    I felt it here, just outside of philly :(
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  • Hope2BmommyIn2011Hope2BmommyIn2011 member
    I live just outside DC in Maryland.  I had never felt an earthquake before.  At first I looked around to see what was making me feel like the floor was shaking and then it just shook harder and harder. The whole house was shaking. A few things fell off the shelves, but that was about it.  Really scary. 
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  • TinaL99TinaL99 member
    Hm I'm in Upstate NY near the PA border and didn't feel anything. 
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  • boxtonmom1014boxtonmom1014 member
    imageCateB95:

    I'm in Boston in a high rise and didn't feel anything.  DH's office is also in Boston, but he's closer to the ground and says he felt it. 

    I didn't feel it at all, but a handful of my friends (esp those who work in older buildings in Boston) are posting on FB that they did.

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  • bre86annbre86ann member
    I felt it! I was at work resetting a table and sat down in a chair to flip open the sides of the table (turning a square table into a round table) and I felt vibrations under my butt and then sent back up to the font and my drink cup was on the floor (it was sitting right on the edge of the counter anyway).
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  • Irishmomma84Irishmomma84 member

    I live in the Northeast part of PA (Luzerne County, and 30-45 mins from Wilkes Barre) and totally felt it! At first I was thinking the cat was under the couch bc that was all that was moving....then the whole house started shaking! The dog seemed confused and the cat was on the barstool at the counter. I thought earthquake right away and txt'ed DF but I thought that it was maybe only our local area that it was felt in....Boy, I was wrong LOL!

    Alot of major office buildings and government buildings are being evacuated as a safety precaution. Talk about scary!

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  • TeamJASTeamJAS member
    Welcome to my world. I live in CA and HATE earthquakes with a passion. So sorry you're all shaken up. It super scary when the ground moves around at all....plus 5.9 is pretty big.
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  • gwendarlinggwendarling member

    Dear East Coasters: 

     

    Hope you all enjoyed a little bit of rumbling!

     

    love, 

    a native Angeleno

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  • VitaminCVitaminC member
    I'm in Southern CT and felt nothing.  My DH works about 10 miles away and he did.  He IMed me right after and asked if I felt it.  I was like WTF are you talking about.  This is only the third CT earthquake I can remember and I didn't even get to feel it.
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  • shelley1002shelley1002 member
    imageVitaminC:
    I'm in Southern CT and felt nothing.  My DH works about 10 miles away and he did.  He IMed me right after and asked if I felt it.  I was like WTF are you talking about.  This is only the third CT earthquake I can remember and I didn't even get to feel it.


    The closer to the River you are the more likely you were to feel it.  I felt it in Northern CT.  I'm right near the River too.

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  • Broadway1Broadway1 member

    imagelittlemiss511:
    I'm where PA/MD/DE all meet and we felt it. The whole hospital shook Tongue Tied At first I thought it was construction (they tend to shake my office a little) but the whole room shook and my computer monitor went crazy. Pretty stinkin' scary, I can't imagine being down in DC or VA!

    You must be right by me. I felt it at work and when I got home, drawers were open and things had 'walked' all over the place.

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  • Lissa832Lissa832 member
    Earthquake was my last thought when it started. After I eliminated everything else (in like 5 seconds), I ran to the basement to grab DS. He was already half way up the stairs. I've been through tornados, hurricanes, and now an earthquake.
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