No reported damage here in Philly (that I've heard of). Apparently DC got bounced around a bit.
Hope everyone else is ok!
Also, Linky to the MSN preliminary report on it:
Linky.|||Gotta love Fox news.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/08/23...ut-east-coast/
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Pictures on the wall in the Capitol building reportedly fell and panicked workers ran to the exits, apparently fearing a 9/11-style attack.
I hope everyone is fine. Apparently, some buildings have taken damage, but nuclear reactors etc are fine.|||Not to be cruel about this but 5.8 is something us in CA would just wait till it's over and get back to work. It wouldn't have event made news that the nuclear reactors would have done their jobs and done safety inspections.
I know it's more scary as they don't get earthquakes like we do and the buildings probably don't have the same earthquake standards as we do. But seriously, move on and get back to work.|||Quote:
Not to be cruel about this but 5.8 is something us in CA would just wait till it's over and get back to work. It wouldn't have event made news that the nuclear reactors would have done their jobs and done safety inspections.
I am from CA and just moved to DC. It was fairly comical watching people try and jump under tables. The quake was over in like 5 seconds; they'd barely had time to pull the chairs.|||I felt it up in CT., very slightly. Wasn't sure it was even real until I looked at my pool and saw the ripples on the water.
As for calling people wimps, well...around here there are no earthquakes. Even a slight one like this can be frightening when you don't know what it is at first, and the Earth is moving around in an uncommon manner.|||Yeah, I've lived on the east coast for most of my life and it just doesn't happen over here. I felt little rumblings here in North Carolina and didn't realize what was happening until it was already over. What surprises me is that it could be felt all the way up in Toronto.|||Quote:
As for calling people wimps, well...around here there are no earthquakes. Even a slight one like this can be frightening when you don't know what it is at first, and the Earth is moving around in an uncommon manner.
Apparently many people didn't know what to do. Friend of mine who recently moved to the East Coast told me he was flabbergasted that people evacuated, then were gathered right up against an old brick building.
Also, DC earthquake devastation.
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What surprises me is that it could be felt all the way up in Toronto.
Supposedly it's because the quake was shallow and the crust is old on the East Coast.
(Supply your own crusty old East Coasters jokes here)
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I am from CA and just moved to DC. It was fairly comical watching people try and jump under tables. The quake was over in like 5 seconds; they'd barely had time to pull the chairs.
It's no different than Texas getting snow.
Here on the East Coast, we have a right to freak out when it comes to earthquakes and tornadoes, since they just don't happen here (tornadoes are much more common, but still very rare). We get all the hurricanes and our fair share of big snow storms.
I didn't freak out though. I felt it, thought my dog was bumping my chair, but saw she wasn't anywhere near me, then I realized what it was. Here, just south of Harrisburg, it felt almost like a subtle rocking. Kinda pleasant feeling, actually. It was enough to make somethings rattle very slightly, but beyond that, it wasn't much.|||On a more serious note:
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Building on the East Coast aren't built to withstand earthquakes, so even ones that would be laughed off in California can be dangerous. The building my dad works at had significant damage to its facade, and they had to call in the building's engineer to make sure that there was nothing structural. There wasn't, but there could have been, so evacuating the building for a few hours wasn't unreasonable.
It was actually kinda interesting to experience though, since I was in a building that was perfectly safe.|||It was my third inconsequential earthquake, only having lived on the east coast, and I'm still not used to them.
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