An earthquake (5.9, preliminary magnitude) was felt up and down the U.S. east coast moments ago. It’s being reported that the epicenter was Mineral, Virginia and the quake was 3.7 miles deep.
Many federal buildings, including the Pentagon, have been evacuated in Washington, DC. According to The Associated Press, “Obama and many of the nation’s leaders were out of town on August vacation when the quake struck at 1:51 p.m. EDT. The shaking was felt on the Martha’s Vineyard golf course as Obama was just starting a round.”
Some buildings in NYC have also reportedly been evacuated.
We felt it up here in our palatial summer headquarters in Saratoga Springs, NY. Reminded us of any random month in Cali (but a bit stronger than average). No damage here, besides our Operation and Jenga games which will have to be restarted.
In influx of voice and data users following the quake has temporarily disrupted cellphone and landline service on AT&T, Verizon, and other carriers.
Interestingly, another quake (related?) with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 and centered about nine miles from the city of Trinidad, Colorado hit at 11:46pm local time yesterday on Monday, August 22, 2011. It was felt as far away as Greeley, CO about 350 miles north, and into Kansas and New Mexico.
Did you feel either quake? Where were you? Any damage?
Saratoga Springs… I lived there as an infant.
Ironically, I live in California now, have most of my life, and I have never felt an earthquake.
It was Gawd.
He was telling the Eric Cantor to get with the program and stop pandering to the Teabaggers. It was centered in his district.
Get With The Program?! What Program??? Useless Dems in Senate still haven’t passed a budget in over 800 days and Barackalypse Now Obamageddon just called in actual business people, versus the Harvard Faculty Lounge misfits he had. As usual the “Skate-by” in Chief is having others do his work, giving him cliff notes for this grandiose scheme that you know is gonna be nothing but BS, because that’s all the Bamster knows… How to spread crap!
With President Palin, things will be infinitely better.
Dude, such anger! Chill, kick back, have a Dos Equis… just enjoy the Barackalypse! And once you get the guy/gal you want in office surely they will fix everything… and everything will be perfect.
Ahh, the coming Conservative Utopia! There will be no taxes and insurance companies will provide everyone with low cost insurance. Cant wait!!
What a bunch of pansies. Waaa, earthquake……oh god, the lights are swaying.
Know your history. There are earthquakes on the east coast.
Thanks for the enlightened post. The colorful descriptions, sound effects… why, it’s like a combination of IMAX and Sensurround! What ever would we do without your in depth commentary on geology and history.
Clearly related to Apple fusion reactor design for their spaceship campus!
Now THAT’S comedy!
🙂
Melbopurne, Australia.
Pity – but Earth didn’t move for me!
Felt it here on Long Island. People evacuated buildings for a while. Back inside now, but very wary. Hope everyone ok.
“Cali” who the f*ck says “Cali”? Oh, the same bumpkins who say “San Fran” and “Frisco”.
mdmac…
people who live here, mostly natives.
Probably just all the Intelligence Agencies(tm) rebooting their Super computers for backup…;^)
Felt a little wiggle. Ann Arbor, MI.
You call that an earthquake? Better stay on the east coast. 😉
….and I for one intend to! Dealt with a lot of things, sat through my share of hurricanes, dodged a few tornadoes, outran rising floodwaters, had my apt building catch on fire, hunkered down through a couple of blizzards but when the very ground itself starts shaking violently… nah, i can live without that. You keep yer volcanos and earthquakes, Chrissy.
I likes ground what DONT move.
I climb volcanoes for lunch. 😉 You should see the view.
I drove up one once, Big Island, Hawaii. View was breathtaking…
And from there stared Hurricane Fernanda in the “face”.
That was 1993. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Fernanda_(1993)
As for climbing volcanoes for lunch… ya really gotta find more convenient restaurants! 😉
I thought is was one of my cats having a scratch under the sofa, nothing dramatic. Durham, NC.
Guess I want one of those Japanese iPhones with the built in earthquake alert.
We felt it in Brunswick, Maine.
Felt it here in NC. Everyone is my office building went outside. Im in total shock!!
Felt it in Toronto
This is the 3rd East Coast quake I have experienced, and like the previous ones, it wasn’t even worth mentioning by Cali standards.
“Ooo, ooo, we felt the ground move!” But so far as I can determine, NO reports of injuries or damage.
Didn’t feel anything way Down East in Bar Harbor, Maine
Obviously didn’t feel it here on Vancouver Island, Canada (west coast), but when we get ours, its all over for us. The island is going to sink or be swamped by a tsunami.
More likely we’ll be pushed up as California slides under us. Maybe someday we’ll be able to see Russia.
From your house, maybe?
(sorry… low hanging fruit)
Alaskans can already see Russia…
Frick’n chicken little syndrome here. Engineering evacuated one of our buildings…
We are 300+ miles away…
Sorry, Folks. I was in my back yard pounding on a fence post, hit my finger, and dropped my 2# sledge. Didn’t mean to scare everyone…
I was in SF for the 7.1, 5.9 is for wimps
Hey, Pam… we concede! You win the “My Ground Shakes Bigger’n Your’n” contest. Take the trophy, you can have it. But when you live in a region considered generally geologically stable, where an earthquake of ANY sort is a rare occurrence, a 5.9 is newsworthy.
Was just kidding. Nobody was hurt, so I can do that :/
Check… and duly noted.
I hope nobody was hurt when their iMac fell on them
Yep felt it here in Rochester NY
The rumbling effect was the massive sales that apples’ products are generating!
Office was rattled in Maryland, near DC.
I figure a DC shake up might benefit the country.
Unlike, other natural disasters, you can’t run to the cellar, or drive away from an earthquake. Luckily, there wasn’t much damage considering the strong magnitude.
That’s what I’m talking about! How do you evacuate from an EARTHQUAKE?!
Me don’t likee shaky ground….