demagogue on 23/8/2011 at 18:10
FFS since when does the east coast get earthquakes?
Must have been all that gridlock in DC breaking ohahha.
Ulukai on 23/8/2011 at 18:20
Those pesky Russians have completed their sub-Atlantic tunnel on schedule, I see.
Phase 2: Fill with Mag-Ma and pressurise, due 2012. END OF WORLD
Just pre-empting the Shit People Will Say :cool:
SlyFoxx on 23/8/2011 at 18:34
That was an interesting 30 seconds!
BrokenArts on 23/8/2011 at 20:39
I had to call my oldest sister in Grand Rapids Michigan and ask her about it, her computer chair was moving a bit. Another forum poster from GR said he felt it as well. So, had to call home and give me a report! What happened! All the way up there? Wha? As the world turns on its axis, another moment of indigestion occurs. Anyone have a giant tums we can give it?
theBlackman on 23/8/2011 at 21:25
Old hat. The New Madras fault and the fault lines in New York are not new nor are earthquakes there. They just are not as frequent as those in New Zealand, California, or Japan.
But have occurred and been known about for years.
But I'm glad all your family members are well.
demagogue on 23/8/2011 at 22:19
Thanks for that expression of compassion, tBM.
Having lived in Tokyo for a bit, this wasn't such a big thing for me, but we have to remember east coast people have heightened nerves compared to other humans, and like snowpocalypse last year, they take these things very seriously.
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http://img827.imageshack.us/img827/9726/dcef.jpgdemagogue on 23/8/2011 at 23:26
Yes that's the one, centered in N. Virginia. It was felt as far as New York City and Michigan like BA said and down to Georgia, so practically the whole eastern seaboard felt something. They evacuated a lot of buildings and gave a lot of people the rest of the day off to think hard about the ground moving for 30 seconds. It did things like toss stuff off shelves, pictures off walls, and cracked a few walls of old buildings; nothing too serious. It's just that the east coast doesn't get many earthquakes, much less stronger ones.
doctorfrog on 23/8/2011 at 23:50
Meh.
-- All of California Residents
Martin Karne on 24/8/2011 at 00:48
Yeah well differences might be big depending on soil, since this is bedrock, unlike California quakes, this ones can get far far away.
Earthquakes ranging 5~6 can cause a lot of damage on hard soil, sometimes even an 8.8 quake don't do much damage due to the depth and soil conditions.
