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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2011, 06:22:20 pm »
A call just came for us that there's a 1/10 chance an aftershock "similar in strength" may occur by 2 pm tomorrow. :/

I hope we hit that 9/10 chance it doesn't. :D
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2011, 06:32:15 pm »
Most likely :P
On my part, the house just shook a bit. Nothing fell. (Though apparently some close neighbors were a bit less lucky)
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2011, 06:53:47 pm »
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2011, 07:00:59 pm »
Wow. I hope you're right about the aftershocks, and that they don't come!

Supposedly, my area is overdue for a bi quake, too. Of course, when a geologist says "any day now" and it happens 500 years later they say "I told you so!" so I'm not too worried.

Oh, and I didn't feel it in Box Elder County, Utah :P Just a wee bit too far, I guess.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2011, 07:03:33 pm »
Quote from: willrandship on August 23, 2011, 07:00:59 pm
Oh, and I didn't feel it in Box Elder County, Utah :P Just a wee bit too far, I guess.

Me too. I'm in Utah County tho, not Box Elder.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2011, 07:39:33 pm »
Oh, hey, there's another Utah member!
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2011, 08:38:26 pm »
Apparently, some people in my area felt it, but I did not.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2011, 08:49:59 pm »
I heard people here in Western New York felt it, I didn't though.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #23 on: August 23, 2011, 09:16:55 pm »
Oh you East Coast-ers... we get earthquakes far bigger than that about every 10 years in California. :P

But yeah, must have been a shock since they're so rare there and not as prepared.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #24 on: August 23, 2011, 09:18:15 pm »
Where I live is on a fault line.  We NEVER get quakes.  Its crazy.  The last one (I think) was in like the 60s or 70s.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #25 on: August 23, 2011, 09:31:31 pm »
Quote from: willrandship on August 23, 2011, 07:39:33 pm
Oh, hey, there's another Utah member!

Haha that's exactly what I thought when I heard you where in Box Elder. :)
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #26 on: August 23, 2011, 10:17:03 pm »
Hm I guess I didn't feel it in California? :P

I have a sister living in Alabama, who's coming out to visit in a few days..
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EDIT: apparently there was one in Colorado, a 3.9.  Didn't feel that one either.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #27 on: August 23, 2011, 10:23:02 pm »
Well I didn't feel it as I live in California, but my gf and other friend in Pennslyvania (idk I have too many friends from Pennsylvania :P) texted me about it immediately after it happened. My gf's reaction was:
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I was on the beach and i was like wtf. And then these people next to us were like EARTHQUAKE. And i was like shutup ******. And they said they're from california and thats an earthquake. So i got all jittery
I don't know about the others here who felt it but I'm guessing a somewhat similar reaction because many had never felt an earthquake before
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2011, 10:25:25 pm »
Felt it in MD for sure.  The whole house shook and then it was over.  The dog randomly started biting everyone in the house and then it happened.
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Re: 5.9 earthquake in Virginia
« Reply #29 on: August 24, 2011, 01:41:47 am »
Quote from: Quigibo on August 23, 2011, 09:16:55 pm
Oh you East Coast-ers... we get earthquakes far bigger than that about every 10 years in California. :P

But yeah, must have been a shock since they're so rare there and not as prepared.
^Exactly this. As I said it wasn't very strong since I'm pretty far away, but it was a "wtf is this?" moment.
Quote from: dman2073 on August 23, 2011, 10:25:25 pm
Felt it in MD for sure.  The whole house shook and then it was over.  The dog randomly started biting everyone in the house and then it happened.

It's funny how animals have a sixth sense about these things. The dog was trying to tell you guys: "Yo some serious shit's about to go down! Why aren't you listening!???" ;D
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