Earthquake 5.8 Virginia

[mikalthekrout]

Okay who blew up my Winning entry. Come on. Admit it, ATF does not want me armed so they tried to blow up the give away. booooooo
Also if this is the end of times then I'll really need it. LOL

[gregj]

USGS now saying 5.9 centered around Louisa and Mineral. Everyone in that area ok?

I work in Springfield area, gave us a pretty good shake here. Had to evac, cell phones wouldnt work, etc. Heard the Pentago was evac too.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 05ild.html

[m4a1mustang]

No reports of injuries as far as I can tell... just light property damage. Thankfully.

I lived in Japan and California so to me this was a very weak quake (in magnitude) but it is pretty large in scope... felt far and wide across the east coast!

[Kreutz]

I lost a picture frame in Roanoke.

[wpoppert]

I know what y'all are thinking, but my M44 had NOTHING to do with that earthquake!

[AlanM]

I got a good buzz here, south of Charlottesville.
Just 25 miles straight west of the epicenter.
Here's the info.

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Earthquake Details

    * This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	5.9
Date-Time	

    * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
    * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter 

Location	37.975°N, 77.969°W
Depth	1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region	VIRGINIA
Distances	

    * 6 km (4 miles) SSE (152°) from Louisa, VA
    * 6 km (4 miles) SW (236°) from Mineral, VA
    * 26 km (16 miles) SE (133°) from Gordonsville, VA
    * 32 km (20 miles) E (79°) from Lake Monticello, VA
    * 66 km (41 miles) NW (318°) from Richmond, VA
    * 134 km (83 miles) SW (219°) from Washington, DC

Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Parameters	NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source	

    * Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
      Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID	usc0005ild

I think I've been hearing/feeling pre-quake buzzes for about the last week. I live in my daughter's basement and several times in the last few days if felt/heard what seemed to be my daughter's home theater bass speakers humming at full volume. I just found out that system hasn't been on for the last week.
These "buzzes" only lasted for a second or two when they occurred.

[Palladin]

Ceiling tiles down and some broken glass at LCHS in MIneral, no injuries reported.

Fallen chimney at the Tanyard in Louisa. Minor stuff like that.

Fallen light fixtures at Regency Mall in Richmond, no injuries...

[Palladin]

No reports of injuries as far as I can tell... just light property damage. Thankfully.

I lived in Japan and California so to me this was a very weak quake (in magnitude) but it is pretty large in scope... felt far and wide across the east coast!

That's because our fault is so deep and the crust here is cold, compared to hot and thin in the other two locations.

[Palladin]

Wonderful... North Anna is taken offline and another I - hurricane is bearing down on us... just spiffy.

Y'all ready for this?!

[gunderwood]

Alright, who's stockpile lit off? Come on, own up to it!

[OakRidgeStars]

The ORS mobile command center was shaking like crazy while stopped at a traffic light in Norfolk. All I could think of was...

[m4a1mustang]

Wonderful... North Anna is taken offline and another I - hurricane is bearing down on us... just spiffy.

Y'all ready for this?!

North Anna should be fine, and the hurricane is looking like weaksauce so far.

[AlanM]

They've refined the data.
Now they're saying 5.8 at a depth of 6km.

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 Earthquake Details

    * This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude	5.8
Date-Time	

    * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:04 UTC
    * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:04 PM at epicenter
    * Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location	37.936°N, 77.933°W
Depth	6 km (3.7 miles)
Region	VIRGINIA
Distances	

    * 8 km (5 miles) SSW (195°) from Mineral, VA
    * 11 km (7 miles) SSE (148°) from Louisa, VA
    * 29 km (18 miles) NE (45°) from Columbia, VA
    * 61 km (38 miles) NW (317°) from Richmond, VA
    * 135 km (84 miles) SW (217°) from Washington, DC

Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 2.3 km (1.4 miles); depth +/- 3.1 km (1.9 miles)
Parameters	NST= 22, Nph= 23, Dmin=50 km, Rmss=0.44 sec, Gp= 79°,
M-type=centroid moment magnitude (Mw), Version=B
Source	

    * Southeast U.S. Seismic Network

Event ID	se082311a

[Palladin]

Structural damage to block walls at LCHS...

[Palladin]

Wonderful... North Anna is taken offline and another I - hurricane is bearing down on us... just spiffy.

Y'all ready for this?!

North Anna should be fine, and the hurricane is looking like weaksauce so far.

I know - but somebody's got to say it....The sky is falling!!!!
The SHTF! Soooooon!

[Jakeiscrazy]

Pretty good shake. The local news had people on asking them "How did it feel.....". HELLO!!! Anyone watching the local news knows how it felt because they felt it to!

[TheGodfather]

Picture of DC earthquake devastation:

[OakRidgeStars]

I hear that the earthquake interrupted Obama's golf game.

This now makes earthquakes officially racist.

[Palladin]

@ Ben

All the shampoo jumped into the tub here... none busted tho.

[WRW]

Picture of DC earthquake devastation:

OH, the humanity!!!