August 23rd, 2011 at 1:58 PM ^
really.
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:59 PM ^
In Northeast Ohio and my desk was just shaking.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
In my apartment in Toledo on the third floor I felt it several times. My first thought was that the people below me were doing the dirty really rough, but as it continued I figured there's no way...this makes much more sense
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:45 PM ^
Also in Toledo, I thought it was someone just driving by in a car with loud music, that shakes my house more than that quake did.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:01 PM ^
everyone has earthquakes...Colorado, Ontario, Virginia
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:59 PM ^
Is this due to the New Madrid fault?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:18 PM ^
What caused it then? Is there some other microfault in the middle of the plate?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:38 PM ^
Well, it's a bit complex, because the north american plate as we know it today extends to to the middle of the Atlantic ocean, but the margin of the plate (before complete accretion occurred) was along the east coast. It's an area that isn't particularly active anymore, although there is some seismic risk there still. This was from a zone of higher seismic activity that extends, more or less, down the axis of the Applachians, but the stronger portions of that are in GA, NC and TN.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:41 PM ^
There are several earthquakes in North Carolina every year. Most of them cannot be felt, but they occur. I read that the reason this one could be felt so far is because the crust along the East Coast is very brittle and not as broken by faults as on the West Coast. Thus, when it moves the whole thing moves. We felt it very clearly here in Charlotte.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:54 PM ^
Yeah, that and the type of rock makes a big difference, too. That zone that causes the western NC earthquakes is what I was referring to. Also, to be clear (since my lack of clarity caused the confusion to begin with), my comment about not being particularly active was about the east coast itself, as distinguished between the Applachian region.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:00 PM ^
Run!!! Were all gonna die!! IT'S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!
Correct?
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:05 PM ^
August 23rd, 2011 at 4:01 PM ^
Here in Winston-Salem we felt it very clearly as well. We were sitting in a 1L orientation session and a professor was droning on about some sort of academic program when the room started clearly shaking. All of the students were too afraid of the consequences for interrupting a professor's presentation, so we stayed put for the shaking, despite the projector shaking and the picture clearly reflecting this fact.
Hopped on the iPad to check it out (easier to conceal) and USGS said it was a 4 or 5 here, depending on the area of W-S. My mind immediately shot back to GeoSci (Natural Hazards) with Larry Ruff.
Notably, all of the professors abandoned ship.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
Were these two events connected or just a coincidence?
Man, lots of earthquakes going on al over the place: USGS Web Site
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:59 PM ^
wild experience for those in areas not expecting or used to it. hope everyone is ok
August 23rd, 2011 at 1:59 PM ^
Building of 2000 people shaking for about 5 minutes. There goes productivity.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:11 PM ^
Meh, productivity was gone the day Brian Cook got himself a blogspot account.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:01 PM ^
At the office we're all trying to figure out what just happened over here... Definitely felt it in Pennsylvania.
Certainly didn't expect to hear about it on MGo.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:01 PM ^
just felt it up here too. thought it was my coworker shaking his leg as usual.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:12 PM ^
Whats all this about you feeling up your coworker's leg?
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:13 PM ^
Odd, I'm in Boston too. I felt it, but I thought it was just me shaking my leg as usual.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
Are you sure? No one felt anything at my office in Cambridge.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:45 PM ^
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:02 PM ^
That's weird. Maybe our building is just extra sturdy. You must be in Central Square (you don't have to confirm or deny). Good to know there's another MGoBlogger in the People's Republic of Cambridge.
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August 23rd, 2011 at 2:10 PM ^
Felt minor shaking in Ann Arbor.
EDIT: USGS says 5.9 in Virginia/DC area.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:01 PM ^
Do you have a link? I'm in Cleveland, OH and everyone in my department just got all excited because our cubes started shaking. It wasn't anything huge and it didn't last too long, but it provided something interesting for an otherwise pretty boring afternoon.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:45 PM ^
I am also in Cleveland and felt it. I learned on twitter that @UMHoops is only a few blocks away from me and he also felt it.
Weird to feel a quake and turn to twitter to find out that they are evacuating buildings in DC because of the same quake. Reminded me of the blackout when I had to call someone near NYC I was working with to tell them that our power was out, only to find that it was out there also.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:48 PM ^
We felt it here on the 6th and 7th floors of our building. Computer monitors shaking and a bunch of people got dizzy at the same time.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:10 PM ^
"It wasn't anything huge and it didn't last too long..."
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
In pa, my building just shook. I'm on the 4th floor. That was some scary shit.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:03 PM ^
In pa, my building just shook. I'm on the 4th floor. That was some scary shit.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:36 PM ^
We all felt it in Central Ohio. It was weird, just like I was having a dizzy spell or something. Just saw on the news that the one we are feeling came from a 5.5 magnitude in Ontario Canada. I guess there's another one in Virginia. Glad it wasn't too strong.
Edit: Sorry, one of the Columbus stations was reporting that it was in Canada but now they are all reporting Virginia.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
In Ann Arbor and all the solutions above our lab benches were shaking.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
Felt it on the 20th floor. Pretty mild, lasted ~ 10 seconds.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:06 PM ^
for about 5 seconds. That was insane!
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
In Reading, PA and I didn't feel a thing. Are my nerve endings dying! WTF--I WANT MOAR EARTHQUAKE
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:11 PM ^
and it was definately solid. The house shook.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 PM ^
...what she said
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:05 PM ^
Yeah felt it in North Carolina, my whole desk started shaking, thought someone ran into my house with their car or something. Wouldn't be the first time it occurred in my neighborhood...
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:42 PM ^
Here in Charlotte I could see people outside on the street looking up, like they were going to find the source of the shaking up in the air somewhere. Hahaha.
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:07 PM ^
to make sure the sky (or large chunks of building) was not falling
August 23rd, 2011 at 3:16 PM ^
I was hoping that they were preparing to catch me in case my building tossed me out. I'm thinking they would have failed to soften my fall from the 20th floor . . .
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:08 PM ^
Felt it in Jersey.
Oh and don't worry. We've built a special bunker for the Don Bosco team.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:07 PM ^
but I feel that here every day.
August 23rd, 2011 at 2:19 PM ^
You're just shivering b/c you're cold.