A 5.9 magnitude quake center in Virginia rocks the East Coast, with tremors felt as far south as North Carolina, as far north as Buffalo and Boston, and as far west as Detroit.
Update at 2:30 p.m. ET: The Washington Post quotes a a USGS official as saying, "We would certainly expect aftershocks."
Update at 2:29 p.m. ET: The USGS suggests that the quake is the largest to originate in Virginia since May 31, 1897.
Update at 2:26 p.m. ET: The USGS says the quake was centered at a depth of 4.6 miles.
Update at 2:18 p.m. ET: In "the East Coast you have this old hard, cold crust that does a lovely job of transmitting the waves," says Lucy Jones, a seismologist with the U.S. Geological Survey. "This large of an earthquake …. could definitely have been felt hundreds of miles away."
Update at 2:16 p.m. ET: Fox News reports that JFK airport has been shut down because of the quake.
Update at 2:15 p.m. ET: "It scared the heck out of me, I'm still shaking," said Joan Morris, spokewoman for the northern district of the Virginia Department of Transportation. A few minutes after the quake, there were no reports of damage to roads or bridges in the state, Morris said.
Update at 2:13 p.m. ET: The USGS now puts the magnitude of the quake at 5.9.
Update at 2:12 p.m. ET: The quake could be felt in McLean, Va., headquarters of USA TODAY. It caused the building to sway. Some items could be heard falling from shelves. A number of employees went left the building.
Update at 2:10 p.m. ET: NBC reports that the quake was centered nine miles from Mineral, Va., which is 100 miles south of Washington, D.C.
Says Doug Kammerer, meteorlogist with the NBC affiliate in Washington, calls the tremor a "very big earthquake for our area."
The quake struck around 1:15 p.m. ET and lasted for about 30 to 45 seconds.
There have been no reports of injuries or widespread damage.
Update at 2p.m. ET: Reuters reports a 6.0 magnitude earthquake centered near Mineral, Va., rocked the mid-Atlantic states and was felt as far north at Manhattan and as far south as North Carolina.
Update at 1:57 p.m. ET:The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon is being evacuated.
An apparent earthquake rocks Washington, D.C. area.
Fox news reports that several public buildings, including the Capitol, have been evacuated.
Earthquake List for Map Centered at 43°N, 74°W Update time = Tue Aug 23 18:00:06 UTC 2011
Here are the earthquakes in the Map Centered at 43°N, 74°W area, most recent at the top. (Some early events may be obscured by later ones.) Click on the underlined portion of an earthquake record in the list below for more information. MAG UTC DATE-TIMEy/m/d h:m:s LAT deg LON deg DEPTH km LOCATION MAP 2.2 2011/08/23 10:35:17 42.687 -74.098 21.4 6 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Altamont, NY
I was out mowing the lawn and with my MS my legs allready wobbly and I did'nt feel it : ) My son comes out with the phone my daughter, SIL and grandson at Central Park enjoying a picnic on a hill and she said it felt like the hill was rolling. My son was on his computer and chair shook. My stepdad in Albany in his recylner and shook. My husband said when he was driving home from work people were running out of the county office building etc.
MY gf called me from work to ask if I felt an earthquake... I responded: "That wasn't an earthquake... what you felt was an aftershock leftover from the sex that we had this morning. I'm that good!"...
She didn't buy it
(True story)
LMAO
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot."
I remember two earthquakes in this area... the first one was a sudden shock, then a rumble and very violent that rattled the dishes and windows (I think that one was in the 80's). This one was more of a rolling motion and gentle.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
I remember the one in the 80's in the early morning hours, I lived in an upstairs flat that had the old school space heater and it started shaking violently.
There was another after don't remember when where my Mom called to tell me the water in her fish tank was rolling back and forth.
MY gf called me from work to ask if I felt an earthquake... I responded: "That wasn't an earthquake... what you felt was an aftershock leftover from the sex that we had this morning. I'm that good!"...
She didn't buy it
(True story)
LOL
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
After the quake was watching news coverage on NBC, and the reporter stated some people had actually had the thought that a terrorist act was being commited. Just proves that terrorism is never far from ones thoughts. They've left their mark now and forever.
East Coast Earthquake Strongest Since 1944 BOB LEWIS 08/23/11 10:27 PM ET
Debris covers the floor of the Miller's Mart food store in Mineral, Va., a small town northwest of Richmond near the earthquake's epicenter, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves from South Carolina to Maine. (AP Photo/Steve Helber
MINERAL, Va. — Tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II. Three weeks before the 10th anniversary of Sept. 11, office workers poured out of New York skyscrapers and the Pentagon, relieved it was nothing more sinister than an act of nature.
There were no known deaths or serious injuries, but cracks appeared in the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral, which had three capstones break off its tower. Windows shattered and grocery stores were wrecked in Virginia, where the quake was centered. The White House and Capitol were evacuated.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake registered magnitude 5.8. By West Coast standards, that is mild. But the East Coast is not accustomed to earthquakes at all, and this one unsettled .......................>>>>....................>>>>>....................................http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/23/east-coast-earthquake-the_n_934826.html
Earthquake Carnage August 23, 2011 Earthquake Does Less Damage to Washington than Eric Cantor Majority Leader's Devastation Felt Across Nation
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – Seismologists said today that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia did less damage to Washington, D.C. than House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, also centered in Virginia.
“The earthquake and Eric Cantor originate from almost the identical point,” said Dr. Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota’s Seismology Institute. “But while the earthquake caused some minor shaking, there’s only one word for Eric Cantor’s impact: devastation.”
As residents of Washington picked through the rubble left behind by Rep. Cantor, some questioned whether it made sense to rebuild.
“What’s the point? Congress will be back from recess in a few days and then he’ll just knock everything down again,” one resident said.
While rumbling from the quake extended to states as far-flung as New York and Ohio, Rep. Cantor’s path of destruction has wreaked damage on almost every state in the country, Dr. Logsdon said.
“The only state he hasn't destroyed is Wisconsin,” he said. “That’s because there was nothing left of it after it was hit by Scott Walker.”
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Earthquake Carnage August 23, 2011 Earthquake Does Less Damage to Washington than Eric Cantor Majority Leader's Devastation Felt Across Nation
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – Seismologists said today that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia did less damage to Washington, D.C. than House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, also centered in Virginia.
“The earthquake and Eric Cantor originate from almost the identical point,” said Dr. Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota’s Seismology Institute. “But while the earthquake caused some minor shaking, there’s only one word for Eric Cantor’s impact: devastation.”
As residents of Washington picked through the rubble left behind by Rep. Cantor, some questioned whether it made sense to rebuild.
“What’s the point? Congress will be back from recess in a few days and then he’ll just knock everything down again,” one resident said.
While rumbling from the quake extended to states as far-flung as New York and Ohio, Rep. Cantor’s path of destruction has wreaked damage on almost every state in the country, Dr. Logsdon said.
“The only state he hasn't destroyed is Wisconsin,” he said. “That’s because there was nothing left of it after it was hit by Scott Walker.”
Is this the same douchebag that is also from the U of Minnesota's Marital Behavior Institute? Meanwhile, in Martha's Vineyard, President Obama and Queen Michelle are trying to come up with a way to waste even more money and double greenhouse gas emissions by having their entourages leave 15 minutes apart and return in Washington via the long path.. across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans...
"Arguing with liberals is like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock out the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it is victorious." - Author Unknown
After and extensive investigation the Dems in Washington have determined that the earthquake was due to a previous unknown fault and was determined to be Bush's fault that caused it.
Borowitz must have come from the East thinking he could make us like the East.
Logsdon? Well, his name speaks for itself,
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
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