Earthquake!

anyone else feel it?  whole house shook here in R'ville.

not that i've had a lot of experience with quakes, but i believe that was the strongest i've ever felt.

Felt something here in Richmond.

we had about 20 seconds on pretty solid shaking over here.  at first i thought the washing machine was spinning off kilter… then i remembered it's not strong enough to make windows rattle. 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-85.-75.php
looks like it was over 5.0.

We were rocking here in Ocean City at about 1:50PM.

Unlike other small quakes I've experienced, heard nothing but we were sure rocking back and forth a little bit. First thought that I was going nuts or had some weird middle ear problem until I saw a dresser mirror sway back and forth. Went outside and all sorts of others felt it too.

Just heard that the Capitol was evacuated.

Heard earlier this morning that there was one some place out West, New Mexico or somewhere in that area. Felt in several different SW states. Must be a big one to reach all across the country.

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!


repeat     OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

i have never felt or gone through something like this, and i had lived in virginia over 30 years.  my whole house shook for like 30 seconds.  now i am worried about possible structural damage.  OMG!!!!  is this real.  

i'm off to read the bible now.

Welcome to the club!

Having visited the University of Virginia (and Charlotesville), I've got a bad feeling about any 5.9 earthquake within 10 miles of that place.  When I visited, I thought the bricks were lovely, but also remember saying "this would never work in CA…."

almost a 6.0!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005ild.html

vansmack wrote:
Welcome to the club!

i was expecting a californian to pipe up… :D

word is it was all over the eastern coast. crazy.

vansmack wrote:
Welcome to the club!

Having visited the University of Virginia (and Charlotesville), I've got a bad feeling about any 5.9 earthquake within 10 miles of that place.  When I visited, I thought the bricks were lovely, but also remember saying "this would never work in CA…."

and richmond too.  i bet there was some damage there.

i live less than 30 miles form the epicenter.  house shook like a bitch for 30-45 seconds.  everyone is ok and so far we have found no damage.  sounded like a damn freight train was about to come through the front door.

Check this out. Whatever is happening, seems to have some connection with Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Alaska and even the British Virgin Islands. Of course, the BVI may be more related to the hurricane but not sure if those things are ever really connected. Kind of wish that I could see some 3-D model of the inside of the Earth to see how and if these movements are all connected.

Jaguar wrote:
Check this out.

You clearly know nothing about plate tectonics. 

vansmack wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
Check this out.

You clearly know nothing about plate tectonics.   

is that like technotronic?  those plates . . . just pumped up the jam.

vansmack wrote:

Jaguar wrote:
Check this out.

You clearly know nothing about plate tectonics.  

I didn't say that I did and I qualified my post by stating that it 'seems'. I bet you don't have any absolutes about what's happening either.

Jaguar wrote:
I didn't say that I did and I qualified my post by stating that it 'seems'. I bet you don't have any absolutes about what's happening either.

Alaska, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico have hundreds (thousands in the case of AK) of tiny earthquakes each month.  Their fault lines are completely different than the fault line that slipped in Virginia.  The Central Virginia seismic zone along the James River has been considered dangerous for years, but activity on the San Andreas or any of the Rocky Mountain Faults lines would have absolutely nothing to do with that zone.

If anything, if they were related, releasing pressure on one fault would lessen the pressure on a related zone, not cause more.  Would you like me to keep going?

vansmack wrote:
Would you like me to keep going?

Sure. Why not? I'm enjoying this. I knew most of that but not much else and am aware of it. Just don't keep up on those things in all that much detail. Certainly don't know all of the fault lines and am very aware of that. Apparently, there's some sort of major inactive volcano in Colorado that could come into play. Don't know if that's involved with that or not.

According to this website it was in a known 'Seismic Zone'
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/geology/quake.html

"The last "big one" in Virginia (about a 5.8 on the Richter scale) was on May 31, 1897, in Pearisburg, the county seat of Giles County."

And now we are a barren wasteland having to dig out of the wreckage. (Cue: sad Platoon music)

Jaguar wrote:
Sure. Why not? I'm enjoying this. 

Here's your animated model from billions of years ago:



Turns out those plates are still moving….