Earthquake in DC

[Finn]

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local-beat/36-Magnitude-Earthquake-Shakes-DC-Region-98589124.html

It just happened early this morning. I was sleeping like a baby at the time. Did any of the other DCers here feel it? It's very rare for this part of the country. The epicenter actually isn't too far from where I used to live in Maryland.

Awesome

 

[Canadave]

Oh, please. Ottawa gets hit by a 5.0, and less than a month later, America's capital "just happens" to have it's own earthquake?

I can't believe you guys would stoop so low...

 

[nevermore]

I was asleep at 5:30 in the morning, as any sane and reasonable person would be, but it didn't knock down any of my precariously-balanced knick-knacks, so I'd call it a non-event.

 

[Cicero]

This is the second earthquake that I've slept through; the other was the 1993 Scotts Mills earthquake in Oregon, which happened at about the same time of the morning.

My father called me a few hours ago asking if we'd had an earthquake here, even though I mentioned the quake to him after I saw it in the news this morning.

 

[Kira's Mom]

Supposedly it was felt as far south as Fredericksburg (where I am), but I didn't feel anything. I did wake up just before 6, but that was because my cat was crying.

 

[Nerys Ghemor]

A 3-pointer isn't much of anything. The one time I DID feel an earthquake was a 4-pointer on the New Madrid fault line when I was little. Now THAT is a scary, scary thought now that I'm older, given the fact that only the most modern buildings have appropriate seismic bracing.

 

[Amaris]

A 3-pointer isn't much of anything. The one time I DID feel an earthquake was a 4-pointer on the New Madrid fault line when I was little. Now THAT is a scary, scary thought now that I'm older, given the fact that only the most modern buildings have appropriate seismic bracing.

Southwestern Ohio is just asking for it. Our building codes don't really include earthquakes as a potential threat, yet we're right on the New Madrid fault line.

 

[Squiggy]

I had to be at work at 6 so I was awake then. I had just hit my snooze and rolled over when it hit. About 5 seconds of noticeable "what the hell is that?" sort of rumbling followed by about 15-20 seconds of barely noticeable shaking.

Felt like a semi was passing fairly close to my bedroom. I heard the windows rattle but that was about it.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I did think it was kind of funny to watch the news this morning and hear them reporting this quake as if it was a major disruption to the area, causing people to run out of their houses at night in panic (they actually said that). I was thinking, what, a 6 or 7?? But no, it was a 3 something. That wouldn't even make the news here!

Hmm, it's been a while since I felt a quake. I wonder when the next one will be.

 

[MeanJoePhaser]

I had to be at work at 6 so I was awake then. I had just hit my snooze and rolled over when it hit. About 5 seconds of noticeable "what the hell is that?" sort of rumbling followed by about 15-20 seconds of barely noticeable shaking.

Felt like a semi was passing fairly close to my bedroom. I heard the windows rattle but that was about it.

The worst part was that it was the only time your wife said she "felt the earth move" and actually meant it.

(My earthquake jokes suck, no one's FAULT but my own.)

 

[nevermore]

I did think it was kind of funny to watch the news this morning and hear them reporting this quake as if it was a major disruption to the area, causing people to run out of their houses at night in panic (they actually said that). I was thinking, what, a 6 or 7?? But no, it was a 3 something. That wouldn't even make the news here!

Um, no. Your news was reporting it wrong.

No one I've spoken to today even knew about it until they saw it on the news. No running out of houses in panic. On the other hand, it IS news here, as we don't get earthquakes. We actually moved out to LA for a couple of years when I was little. We moved back in part because "it's absurd that the Earth won't stay the fuck still" out there. My dad's words, not mine.

 

[SVD]

Terra, What are you doing!? You're supposed to let loose earthquakes over here, on that streak on your face we humans call The Ring of Fire, not over there on what we call eastern North America!

 

[Spot's Meow]

I did think it was kind of funny to watch the news this morning and hear them reporting this quake as if it was a major disruption to the area, causing people to run out of their houses at night in panic (they actually said that). I was thinking, what, a 6 or 7?? But no, it was a 3 something. That wouldn't even make the news here!

Um, no. Your news was reporting it wrong.

No one I've spoken to today even knew about it until they saw it on the news. No running out of houses in panic. On the other hand, it IS news here, as we don't get earthquakes. We actually moved out to LA for a couple of years when I was little. We moved back in part because "it's absurd that the Earth won't stay the fuck still" out there. My dad's words, not mine.

It was The Early Show that was reporting it, and I didn't actually believe the exaggerated reports, I just thought it was hilarious that they would report it as such a huge deal.

 

[TheBrew]

There was an earthquake?

 

[Warp Coil]

Slept through it. I was completely oblivious to the incident until everyone at work and on Facebook was talking about it. I was just like, "WTF? A little shaking and everyone begins to panic?" I know some people who were actually awake that early in the morning and felt it.

 

[DAK]

I live in Carroll County (Maryland) and it jolted me awake. I heard a loud rumbling and the house shook for 20-30 seconds. Even my teenager woke up, and this kid can sleep through just about anything.

 

[Holdfast]

I had to be at work at 6 so I was awake then. I had just hit my snooze and rolled over when it hit. About 5 seconds of noticeable "what the hell is that?" sort of rumbling followed by about 15-20 seconds of barely noticeable shaking.

That's a heavy-duty alarm clock you got there.

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

I think he left his vibrator on.

 

[Holdfast]

I think he left his vibrator on.

You know, I was going to make a joke in the "did the earth move for you too" smutty genre, but figured I'd leave it to you, and went for something cleaner instead.

Oh God. Is this what growing up feels like?

 

[ShamelessMcBundy]

If that's what it feels like, i'm never gonna grow up.