Earthquake here in New York

[Zbooo]

An earthquake here in New York guys, it was insane!

[Growwle]

Crazy, must be freaky for people who are not used to earthquakes.

[shinchin]

Happened in VA. I felt it here in NC. Everything shuck. 5.9 mag

[Cascade]

Crazy...Is your family ok?

[mugen]

I felt it in PA. I called the wife to tell her and she thought i was drunk and crazy lol

[Zbooo]

I know it was in va, but we felt it here.

[shinchin]

Crazy...Is your family ok?

Everythings fine just shuck up some nerves.

[thequickone]

I'm a Geologist and live in CA, so I'm pretty accustomed to earthquakes. However, I used to live in the mid-west. Not many people know that the New Madrid fault, which runs through most of the southern and central portions of the mid-west is one of the largest faults in the world. In fact, that fault has produced at least one very large earthquake in recorded history (turn of the century, I think)!

I don't mean to scare anyone, just want to let people know earthquakes are possible just about anywhere, and to be prepared. I hope everyone is safe and secure! :)

[Snakespeare]

The epicenter was about 10 miles from the Dominion North Anna nuclear power facility. The 2 reactors there lost power and immediately went into shutdown. There are deisel generators maintaining the electricity.

I also read that the announcers felt it in the broadcast booth in Cleveland at a game between the Indians and Mariners.

[mike1298]

It was pretty scary. I live not far from the epicenter, I thought a bunch if trees were falling on my house.

[RedRyder]

The "earthquake" In NY wasn't serious at all. No one here's shutting up about it and it's extremely annoying. The hurricane coming Sunday is something to be worried about.

[thefirehawk]

What mag was it

[DIRTYBURGERS]

U ok, u need dirtyburgers out there??

[Physiologic]

Pitchfork rates this earthquake a 5.9. I felt it but I like its earlier stuff better.

[CrimsonTider]

Glad to know everyone is well. Hopefully there wasnt too much damage.

[Piosidon]

A friend on PL told me he fell out of his bed. Another friend said he felt it at west virginia

[SUPAPRODIGY]

We mostly get Aftershocks here in CA but there pretty powerful....

[CrzyAzn]

Yeah in ny here, saw on news they evacuated nyc city hall. But most ny folk not use to earthquakes or tornados. Had a tornado touch down in western ny 2 weeks ago and that was talk on news for a few days, now its the earthquake turn. I lived in central ca for 6 yrs so use to earthquakes.

[SUPAPRODIGY]

Its worse in Socal we had a big one last year in Easter magnituted of 7.2 or 7.4 cant recall it shook
Pretty hard and last it for about a Minute...... No damage thought

[Pandamoni]

whoa!!! that is crazy. And a tornado, too? scary times.

[XchilangopwnX]

Lol I was working on my laptop here in nc and outta no where my laptop began shakin lol I was like woah wtf haha then my tv and fish aquarium began shakin I yelled "mom ur washing machine is spinning too hard" lol I really thought it was the washer xP but yeah that was until I saw facebook and everyone was like oh no its the end of the world lol

[CozzaFrenzy]

Did he drop any pinks?

[Navygreen]

Lol yeah, i work in Virginia... Pretty scary, I was in a 13 fl building..

[LADYHADASSA]

Did he drop any pinks?

Lolz :) nice lol lol..

New England is not used to anything but blizzards and the occasional major wind storm. None are prepaired for this, i believe that is the largest earthquake to ever hit, ( i could be wrong) But just like blizzards many have not ever experienced a blizzard or an ice storm to the magnatude that some states do.

[FluffNStuff]

I am in Greenbelt MD (right outside the DC beltway). It was pretty trippy, but on the good side, I did get to go home early yesterday :)

[nzane]

So let me add a story, I work here in NYC at 106 th Terence C Hospital. Workin in a sub acute where people pass all the time. So here's the story. Before the earthquake our housekeeper was working in this room where a patient recently died. I barely felt it so I was witness to the entire event, being at the nurses station and room close by. So She started screaming "it wasn't me" "it wasn't me" "please please go in peace" "god loves you go into the light" I looked over and I was confused till It clicked. My housekeeper believed poltergeist was causing the bed, drawers and the stand to shake. Never mind the earthquake, I cracked the hell up. I never laugh that hard in my life. She ran out the room and notice what was going on and turned bright red. Looking at me laughing my *** off.

[Mega pwner]

I felt it and I live in central Pennsylvania 

[Navygreen]

I am in Greenbelt MD (right outside the DC beltway). It was pretty trippy, but on the good side, I did get to go home early yesterday :)

Wow you live in greenbelt? You're right next to me :)

MD!!

[Samhayne]

607

[FluffNStuff]

607

You laugh, but in the 'Before Picture', there was a bottle of beer on that table. Though it may seem insignificant to you, those of us that lived through it are still suffering from the devastating loss.

[mycroftxxx]

FWIW, some people actually had their homes condemned due to the damage.

[Navygreen]

LOL funny picture!!! I think the whole reason it was so shocking is because we don't have things like that happening here. In 27 years, I have never experienced that. So I was very surprised and it was new to me and a lot of people. But nice pic, Sam! I LOL'd! :D


Schools are closed today in a wide area, dc shut a lot of things down for structural inspections and damage, the monument had cracks in it, etc etc.. An old apartment complex crumbled.. There was some damage but it was minimal.. That is a good thing!

[mycroftxxx]

An apartment complex crumbling is only “minimal” to people who don't (didn't) live there.