Virginia Earthquake??

Anybody in Virginia? Are you all OK??

5.8 earthquake just hit. We felt it in central PA....about ten minutes ago.

I was about to post the same thread. I felt it on Long Island, NY! Hope everyone's OK!

Felt it in Wilmington! I'm from Virginia and all of my family and friends are okay. My 4 year old nephew woke up crying because he was on the top bunk and his bed was hitting the wall. Poor guy couldn't get down! If you have any friends in the area (DC, Baltimore, etc) don't be surprised if they don't answer the phone, because Verizon and AT&T are down.

OMG is that what I felt about 20 minutes ago. I was sitting at my desk writing out checks when I thought something hit the top of my mobile home and my mirror on the desk started shaking, it happened twice one after the other. Could that quake reach this far??

Originally Posted by LaRussa

OMG is that what I felt about 20 minutes ago. I was sitting at my desk writing out checks when I thought something hit the top of my mobile home and my mirror on the desk started shaking, it happened twice one after the other. Could that quake reach this far??

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that 5.9 quake from VA could certainly reach all across the east coast and up to Toronto (A friend was there and felt it!)

I'm in Manhattan and amazingly enough I didn't feel anything...... I hope everyone is safe.

I'm from Richmond, about 30 miles out from the epicenter. I was at work - definitely one of the strangest experiences I've ever had! We had tremors for about twenty or so seconds, strong enough to shake our windows & desks, and ourselves. Our building is being renovated so when the rumbling first started we just assumed it was more construction, but construction shouldn't make your feet shake!!!!

They evacuated our building for about an hour and a half and went through checking for damage & gas leaks, etc. After we filed back in, we "worked" about another hour and finally they said non-essential personnel could go home. I'm so glad!!! I have super cheap Walmart bookshelves full to the brim and was so worried they may have fallen over. Luckily, it was just a few picture frames and my floor lamp.

We are all okay in this area as far as I know!!

I'm in MA and was at work when it happened. SOOOO freaky. I thought I was dizzy.....wasnt quite sure what was going on. Turned around to look at my co worker and I noticed my chair was shaking and the office equipment and a filing wall shelf were shaking and creaking. Such a weird feeling. I ran outside and yelled to people in the parking lot if they felt something and they all had too. Definitely a very weird feeling.

I hope everyone is OK!

Felt it in Morganton, NC. I was in yearly training in a prison known as the "high rise" that has quite a bit movement on the upper floors when its windy. However, there was no wind today and we were only on the 4th floor. Initially, a man that worked there said he thought something had hit the building. But there was a woman in the room from California who said "that was an earthquake." It gave us quite a scare.

I have a cousin in Arlington and hope there's something on Facebook or in my email that she's fine.

Originally Posted by parsleysage

I'm from Richmond, about 30 miles out from the epicenter. I was at work - definitely one of the strangest experiences I've ever had! We had tremors for about twenty or so seconds, strong enough to shake our windows & desks, and ourselves. Our building is being renovated so when the rumbling first started we just assumed it was more construction, but construction shouldn't make your feet shake!!!!

They evacuated our building for about an hour and a half and went through checking for damage & gas leaks, etc. After we filed back in, we "worked" about another hour and finally they said non-essential personnel could go home. I'm so glad!!! I have super cheap Walmart bookshelves full to the brim and was so worried they may have fallen over. Luckily, it was just a few picture frames and my floor lamp.

We are all okay in this area as far as I know!!

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Gald you are all okay!

I didn't feel anything here. But did notice that Chester was walking around the apartment like he was looking for something. He came into the bedroom sniffing around, looked at me, then went into his hiding spot in the closet.

At the time I thought "this is odd" but he didn't seem too upset and didn't stay in the closet but a few minutes, then went on his way back to the living room.

Later when I looked at the news on my computer I see that the earthquake happened at about that time. Maybe that's was he was investigating.

I hope everyone is ok.

We had a good shake at work today. I was on the phone with DH (who was in NJ, on a loading dock) when it happened. I couldn't figure out why my cubicle and pc were violently shaking! At first, I thought the cube was shaking due to another person slamming their above the desk cubby storage closed; but I remember thinking that it seemed far too hard for that, and why did it keep slamming? Meanwhile, on the phone, DH heard me say to my co-workers, "What's that shaking?!?" He thought I was asking HIM what the noise was where he was! At first, he thought someone was driving a forklift over the loading dock, so he said to me, "Oh, it's some idiot driving a forklift too fast!" He forgot I was only about 60 miles from HIS earthquake, and I was going through it, too!

Of course, I was so worried about my kitties--not that they'd be hurt--but that they'd be terrified; but they were normal when I got home.

Originally Posted by cmedeiros17

I'm in MA and was at work when it happened. SOOOO freaky. I thought I was dizzy.....wasnt quite sure what was going on.

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The same thing happened to me! I was laying on the couch and the whole thing started shaking, and I thought I was about to pass out or something! Then I got a text from my brother in Baltimore saying they just got a bad earthquake. Lol, it was his second day of teaching at a new school and his entire 4th grade class was running around screaming!

to everyone who felt the quake. I hope everybody is OK and all kitties are safe!!

I'm glad no one was killed or injured in this quake. It caused quite a bit of damage to cars etc, and could've easily killed people.
I felt it here in Ontario and immediately knew it was an earthquake. Strange feeling as we don't get many of those here (thankfully).

I'm a few hours drive from the epicenter and we felt it!!

DD and I were at wally-world (as if that's not enough to rattle your nerves) and I was putting the groceries in the trunk. She was still in the shopping cart. I felt/saw the car moving. My first thought was that I didn't know I could move the car so much by bumping it so I bumped it again and it moved and I did it again and it didn't. LOL...it was still shaking for the second bump. After the second bump I checked for wind...nope..no wind. I didn't recognize it was coming from the ground but it reminded me of feeling dizzy with how things seem to move; but I remember thinking that I didn't feel dizzy. Now it makes sense because the sensation was coming up from my feet and not down from my head.

If other people in the parking lot reacted I sure didn't notice. I grabbed some lunch for me and DD and didn't know what happened till I put the TV on while she was eating and I was putting away the groceries. Everything made sense then! And then I got excited and tried calling everyone I knew. I'm such a dork.

Some pictures on the wall were crooked a bit and one thing on a shelf looked to have moved a tad. My cats were acting normal. My Mom, who works in a big brick building, said they felt it good. Thought someone was messing with her chair and it was like she could hear the bricks of the building shaking. I called my Dad who lives in Upstate NY and he said he only felt it because he was sitting on the throne. But he mostly heard it because some things on his dresser were rattling and he could see them move from his "seat." DH was in his work truck at a light and he felt it nicely in there.

My aunt and uncle both work for the USGS, and a website's been put up for people to submit earthquake reports. It all shows up on a big map and it's pretty cool. If you felt it, please go to this site and submit your location!

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak.../us/index.html

Click the "Did you feel it? - Tell us!" link!

My oldest son's dad (my ex-husband) was in a hotel in Richmond VA when it hit. He was in a meeting on the 5th floor and he said it was mass chaos but it took people a lot of time to figure out what was going on! When it dawned on them, they all ran and the alarms went off. Luckily everyone was okay. I live in TN and we did not feel it here.

I felt it here. in Hamilton Ontario canada some lite shaking of the bed

We felt it here in Ottawa!

5.8 is not bad, we had one of those last summer and nothing bad happened.