Quakin'

[anacostiakat]

5.9 quake recorded today in Mineral, VA USA. Felt as far north as Massachusetts and Ohio and North Carolina.

I was smoking a cigar this afternoon outside my office in downtown DC when the pavement started shaking. At first I thought it was the subway which has a stop right in front of my building. But it kept building.

Not a very usual event for this area. Some damage to the capitol rotundo evidently and also the National Shrine and elsewhere.

All was well when I returned home. A metal Punch on wheels was on the floor between one humi and a wall but otherwise everything seemed ok. One dog seems a little whiney but was ok otherwise.

Interesting times we live in.

Oh I forgot. Hurricane Irene expected to show up Saturday. . .

[brutusthebuckeye]

Glad you made it thru Jim....i did not feel it...but people a couple miles away did....Crazy!!!

[First Lady]

Heard this on the radio on the way to work, hope everyone is okay

[Ginseng]

My wife and kids reported that the house in NoVa was a shakin' No damage though and I guess the kids were surprised. I was in NYC at a client meeting on the 16th floor of a 17-story building and as I was wrapping up, the folks in the room noticed what was more like a consistent machine vibration but throughout the floor, table. Freaky. The first quake I've experienced and although not frightening, quite unsettling. The ground is something that's just not supposed to move. When it does, the world goes all weird.

Wilkey

[laficion]

Glad to hear that all is well, I heard that next it's a hurricane .

Stay safe Jim.

[Bartolomeo]

Was at home typing up an email, surprised me pretty good but I have been thru them before living in Cali

Still fun though

Bart

[BMWFan]

Working from home today. Felt like the house was gonna fall down. I tried to brave it, but after about 30 seconds decided safer to go outside. Lasted about a minute and very violent shaking.

[Guest rob]

The Earth or Gods have been angry this last 10 years!

Stay safe gents!

[JohnnyC]

Felt it all the way here in Windsor Ontario. I was sitting in a meeting when the building started to sway.Only lasted a few seconds.In 1994 I was in San Diego California when a massive earthquake hit L.A. That one was scary.

[habanos1972]

I live on the Jersey shore, and we felt it up here. Now we have a hurricane this weekend. Damn those Mayans and 2012.

[SCgarman]

I was with my mother in law and my daughter in a grocery store when the whole place started rumbling and the ceiling started to shake. Very scary but we are fine. Epicenter about 90 miles south of here!

[Deemancpa]

I'm about hour west of DC in Va and my office floor was shaking...thought it was all the wine a drank the night before.....wife and dog were nervous...no damage though. D

[77stoneblues]

Felt it in Hamilton, Ontario. My cat pounced me to see if I was okay. I slept right through it.

[jmasterj]

Yeah pretty unusual to get something that big on the eastern US. The building I was in seemed like it swayed back and forth at least an inch. Very bizarre. Can't even image the fright one must feel in a "BIG" one.

[pedrodepacas]

Hope all are well, best wishes to anyone who had any kind of property damage.

From California land of the earthquakes...

Tony

[dicko]

Glad you're ok jim

[thechenman]

We definitely felt it here on the 10th floor of my office. Growing up in SoCal and having experienced quite a few earthquakes, the shock from this one was relatively minor. I was actually on the phone with a client in SoCal at the time it hit. Meanwhile, others in my office were running around all over the place while I just sat and continued my conversation.

It does seem strange that a 5.9 (really not that big) earthquake in VA could be readily felt as far away as OH, but the earthquake was not that far down...only a little over 3 miles down from the surface. That along with the fact that the earth is more solid on the East Coast than the West means that you can feel the shocks farther out.

[Freefallguy]

Fed Ex field won't rock like that again until the 'boys ride into town.

[BMWFan]

Fed Ex field won't rock like that again until the 'boys ride into town.

Why did you go and bring that up. I was at the Dallas game last year. Seconds left in 1st half Dallas has the ball backed up in their own teritory. Good teams just fall down and go into half only down by 3 on the road against a fierce rival. But no not us, we run a stupid play and the back fights for extra yards and is stripped, and the ball is run back the other way for a touchdown. That play turned that game and probably the season...although Romo getting hurt later in the year was the spike in the coffin.

I need a drink now!