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TeacherVicky · August 2011

I just texted DH because my house was moving. It felt like I was sitting up in a high tree on a windy day.

Did I just feel a far away earthquake???

VeilSdeGTO · August 2011

Yup. A 6.0 in Virginia!

TeacherVicky · August 2011

VeilSdeGTO:
Yup. A 6.0 in Virginia!

Yikes!! I hope everyone is ok.

williams4me · August 2011

Yikes, scary!! I hate earthquakes! We have a 7.2 earthquake on Easter last year, I was home alone and so freaked out seemed like it went on forever!

Eris-Alexis · August 2011

It sounds like it! Wow! Even living on the "Ring of Fire", I have not felt an earthquake yet.

lotus88 · August 2011

I'm at work and I felt it! Yikes! I'm in southeast, PA. DH is in NJ. He felt it too.

VeilSdeGTO · August 2011

They were showing some live footage of times square being filled with people who have evacuated buildings. Weird to hear of a big earthquake anywhere but here in Ca.

So far, no major damage or deaths reported, so that is always good.

rosenb2b · August 2011

Dang! That was scary...felt it strong in DC. Now of course, it's a madhouse with traffic, no phone lines, etc!

Hope everyone else is safe and sound!

sarahscooty · August 2011

I'm in western mass and just about everyone I know felt it but me! I was too busy cleaning the damn refrigerator!

MsPegees · August 2011

Yikes, scary!

There was one on the Colorado, NM border yesterday. I didn't feel it but thought it was strange there would be an earthquake there. All this stuff freaks me out!

StaceyM06 · August 2011

I'm in DC and felt it big time. I'm on the 11th floor. My desk shook, then the building starting swaying, and the lights flickered. My co-workers and I just stared at each other before deciding to evacuate via stairs. Everyone was out on the streets for a bit. Now we're back and everything seems fine.

I am a little scared about going to my car underground 3 levels in case there is an aftershock.

princesscto · August 2011

VeilSdeGTO:
They were showing some live footage of times square being filled with people who have evacuated buildings. Weird to hear of a big earthquake anywhere but here in Ca.
So far, no major damage or deaths reported, so that is always good.

I didn't feel anything, people were comming up to me at work asking me if I felt the earthquake, I said "what earthquake" hmmm lol

StaceyM06 · August 2011

rosenb2b:
Dang! That was scary...felt it strong in DC. Now of course, it's a madhouse with traffic, no phone lines, etc!

Hope everyone else is safe and sound!

Hello, fellow Washingtonian! My cell service has been spotty. Our work lines were down for a bit too.

Izabella22 · August 2011

I'm up in Maine and we felt it, it was enough to make our entire office sway! Crazy!!! If my coworkers hadn't confirmed it I would have thought I was nuts!

pottermommy · August 2011

In Charlotte NC and we felt it too, quite well I might add... I thought I was going crazy for a minute.

rosenb2b · August 2011

StaceyM06:
rosenb2b:

Dang! That was scary...felt it strong in DC. Now of course, it's a madhouse with traffic, no phone lines, etc!

Hope everyone else is safe and sound!

Hello, fellow Washingtonian! My cell service has been spotty. Our work lines were down for a bit too.

Hi there! I still can't get in touch with DS's daycare due to cell service being down. I'm starting to freak a little. I just now got in touch with DH in Bethesda! Stay safe and good luck travelling home! It's going to be an absolute mess!

jenwill · August 2011

pottermommy:
In Charlotte NC and we felt it too, quite well I might add... I thought I was going crazy for a minute.

Felt it in Raleigh NC too. And I too thought I was going crazy! I live near RDU so I thought a plane had crashed.

cflocco · August 2011

I felt it here in Delaware! I was walking down steps in the auditorium of one of our high schools for a welcome back ceremony-yikes!!

mamacrunch · August 2011

TeacherVicky:
I just texted DH because my house was moving. It felt like I was sitting up in a high tree on a windy day.

Did I just feel a far away earthquake???

I felt it in the dr office. In SC on GA line.

itsmegin · August 2011

TeacherVicky:
VeilSdeGTO:
Yup. A 6.0 in Virginia!

Yikes!! I hope everyone is ok.

How could you feel it way up there? 6.0 is not that strong, and maybe my geography is off but anywhere in Canada is too far away to feel it, isn't it?

ETA: Clearly I'm wrong, I wasn't trying to say I don't believe you I'm just so confused. I don't feel them when they're in other parts of CA a few dozen miles away so I'm shocked you guys are feeling a 6.0 so far north. Oh well. Hope everyone is okay!

mamacrunch · August 2011

itsmegin:
TeacherVicky:
VeilSdeGTO:
Yup. A 6.0 in Virginia!

Yikes!! I hope everyone is ok.
How could you feel it way up there? 6.0 is not that strong, and maybe my geography is off but anywhere in Canada is too far away to feel it, isn't it?
ETA: Clearly I'm wrong, I wasn't trying to say I don't believe you I'm just so confused. I don't feel them when they're in other parts of CA a few dozen miles away so I'm shocked you guys are feeling a 6.0 so far north. Oh well. Hope everyone is okay!

It's because of the fault line.

mandy6418 · August 2011

Southeast Michigan felt it too.

Junebug060609 · August 2011

I'm finding it incredibly ironic as a geologist that I move to Southern California and an earthquake happened where I used to live in Virginia (where we moved from to live here). My family in New England felt it too, though as a ~3, not a 5.9.

I was out running errands and came home to my FB being all lit up with news about it.

Junebug060609 · August 2011

itsmegin:
TeacherVicky:
VeilSdeGTO:
Yup. A 6.0 in Virginia!

Yikes!! I hope everyone is ok.
How could you feel it way up there? 6.0 is not that strong, and maybe my geography is off but anywhere in Canada is too far away to feel it, isn't it?
ETA: Clearly I'm wrong, I wasn't trying to say I don't believe you I'm just so confused. I don't feel them when they're in other parts of CA a few dozen miles away so I'm shocked you guys are feeling a 6.0 so far north. Oh well. Hope everyone is okay!

::putting on my geologist dork glasses::

Its a combo of the type of rock over there, the depth of the EQ, and the fault line. I've also heard rumor of a smaller one in Albany, NY today (likely tied into the VA one)...which is a helluva lot closer to Ontario.

sunshinenva · August 2011

That was freaky today! I was in my office when the building began to shake. We all looked at each other in shock. I hope everyone is okay

badtzmaru22 · August 2011

I'm in upstate NY, and felt it here. We had one last year as well, but I think that one originated in Canada.

704bride · August 2011

I can't believe you felt it all the way in Ontario! I'm in Connecticut and didn't feel it, but know other people in the area did.

Hotzie · August 2011

I live in Albany NY and we felt it here. At first I thought I was having a dizzy spell, till someone told me that it was an eathquake! We had one last year too which I think started in Canada somewhere?

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