Earthquake on the US East Coast

[Magus]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44245009/ns/us_news-life/

I'm super-glad I don't live in California because this extremely minor earthquake made me freak out for a minute.

I am officially a giant wuss.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

And Virgina is a virgin no more! XD

did anyone else on the East Coast of the USA feel that? I heard the aftershocks could be felt all the way up in Toronto Canada.

That was kind of fun! lol

[Whomper]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-85.-75.php

I hope nobody has been severely affected by this... but oh my damn. What the hell is happening to this planet, anyways?!

[Whomper]

I figured this to be more serious than fun.... <.<

[Marc v4.0]

The same thing that always happens, nature. Nothing to get paranoid about.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Looks like someone already made a thread about it. And yeah I'm weird like that. The little ones are fun... for me... it's a weird thing.

[The SSB Intern]

I live in California and have never felt an earthquake. I AM SO JEALOUS OF YOU.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Doesn't look like anyone was seriously hurt by this. Just freaked out a bit. Same goes for property damage.

My first Earthquake aftershock (New Jersey), have to say it felt weird. XD

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I don't know, it kind of fun when it's only a small scale one or a minor after shock.

[shiney]

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[Mr.Bookworm]

Everyone in North Carolina apparently felt it. Everything jumped a little bit, and freaked everyone in my class the hell out because you're not supposed to get goddamn earthquakes in North Carolina.

There's also apparently another one over in Colorado. CNN! (http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/23/colorado.quake/index.html)

Only damage this appears to have caused is fucking up the airplane travel schedule even more.

[CABAL49]

Hahaha I totally slept through it. I didn't feel a thing.

[Whomper]

This seems appropriate (http://xkcd.com/723/).

[Kyanbu The Legend]

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oh. :(

On topic: it's so weird, we normally never get this kind of thing. I wonder if this is going to become more frequent here.

[phil_]

You know (you don't know), I was sitting on the toilet the other day, thinking about how even a minor earthquake could render my hundred-year-old apartment uninhabitable. And then we got a little earthquake, and my apartment is fine. How about that?

I just kinda wish I had been outside when this happened. I rode it out in bed, thinking the guys downstairs had loaded their washing machine incorrectly.

[Flarecobra]

I love how everyone was freaking out over the 5.9 in Virginia, while there was a 5.3 that happoned yesterday in Colorado, which apperentally got overlooked.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

You know (you don't know), I was sitting on the toilet the other day, thinking about how even a minor earthquake could render my hundred-year-old apartment uninhabitable. And then we got a little earthquake, and my apartment is fine. How about that?

I just kinda wish I had been outside when this happened. I rode it out in bed, thinking the guys downstairs had loaded their washing machine incorrectly.

First thing that came to mind for me. Till I realized we're on the ground floor and 12+ feet away from the washer which was empty at the time.

[Flarecobra]

Oh, and I almost forgot: Apperentally the Carolinas have a good chance at getting hit by a hurricane later this week. And enjoy the aftershocks. They can be surprising.

[synkr0nized]

It shook me out of bed. Here in PA.

[batgirl]

Some of my stuff rattled for a minute (New York), but that was about it.

Oh and that hurricane (Irene I believe) is totally going to give us Northeasters some serious rain this weekend.

[Aerozord]

I didn't even notice it

[Solid Snake]

I was in a grocery store in DC.
Watching everyone react to the Earthquake was fun!

[Magus]

Well I thought someone was pushing my chair from behind, then I noticed the whole floor was shaking and the light fixtures were swinging. It's kind of a weird feeling, like vertigo but right on the ground.

[Julford Hajime]

I had just gotten back from work like five minutes prior, and didn't feel it at all. Outer Detroit area, btw.

[CABAL49]

Oh, and I almost forgot: Apperentally the Carolinas have a good chance at getting hit by a hurricane later this week. And enjoy the aftershocks. They can be surprising.

Supposed to hit Saturday. Happens all the time here. Should be gone before I leave for Germany though.

[rpgdemon]

I didn't feel anything, but then I realized that I might have actually heard it, depending on what time it went off.

My roommate and I were both trying to figure out what was making this loud banging thumping type noise sounding like something rattling downstairs, but couldn't find anything that was making it.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

I was in a grocery store in DC.
Watching everyone react to the Earthquake was fun!


You were lucky! XD

[pochercoaster]

http://i51.tinypic.com/ztw6yc.jpg

I felt the one last year, but didn't feel it this year. :(

[shiney]

I saw that image elsewhere and it already never fails to make me smile.

The devastation!!

[Bob The Mercenary]

Was it good for you too? :D

Felt it in NJ. Was waiting at a red light and my car started rocking. First thing I thought was "guess I need a new transmission", because my car has a history of shaking. Then I drove back to my dad's store and he and a bunch of people were standing outside. I was like, "you felt that too?"

Knocked some product off the shelves, but nothing crazy. You should have heard our local radio coverage. We all thought it was the coolest thing.