Another East Coast Earthquake

[ScottyB]

Just felt the house shake here in D.C. Might have been an aftershock.

 

[mnewsham]

Just felt the house shake here in D.C. Might have been an aftershock.

4.5 on the scale, felt it in bed Silver Spring here.

 

[IAteYourMother]

Just felt it in Bethesda.

fffffffuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[BoomerD]

 

[mnewsham]

woke me up is all, not freaking out or anything.

 

[zinfamous]

there was another here this morning, as well. a wee little 2.something or other aftershock from our monster 3.2 last night.

the end is nigh.

 

[jmarti445]

Better hope that these earthquakes aren't foreshadowing a much larger quake. There is always the chance of that happening..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_scale

Anyways the quake we had on 5.8 Tuesday was the equivelent of 7.8 Kilotons of TNT. A 4.5 quake is equivelent of 85 metric tons of TNT.

 

[bfdd]

lols east coasters

maybe the movie volcano was wrong... SEQUEL TO BE SET IN WASHINGTON DC.... sequel? no REMAKE!

 

[jmarti445]

I liked Dante's peak better although the scene where they take the 4x4 over the lava river was kinda fake.

 

[her209]

You guys are screwed.

 

[Locut0s]

Just how frequent are small earthquakes in California? Or at least where you live? I know people talk about growing up with them as a normal background event, if this true? We are expecting a 9+ megaquake here at some point but I can't honestly say I've ever felt one in my life.

 

[Printer Bandit]

1) imminent major natural disaster
2) black president
3) action!

 

[jmarti445]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J61wuSKSryE&feature=related

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Just how frequent are small earthquakes in California? Or at least where you live? I know people talk about growing up with them as a normal background event, if this true? We are expecting a 9+ megaquake here at some point but I can't honestly say I've ever felt one in my life.

When I lived in Alaska 4+ quakes happened almost weekly. We'd get 6+ quakes a couple of times a year. Those will get your attention. They're good for a short adreneline rush. That's about it. The biggest one I felt was 7.9

I'll admit that one made me nervous.

But really... You don't even notice anything under a 4.0 after a while. If anything you stop doing what you're doing for a few seconds then it's over and you get back to it.

 

[dmcowen674]

Another East Coast Earthquake

Thread Title is wrong, is called an Aftershock

I know East Coasters are not used to temblors so I'll cut you some slack.

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

Thread Title is wrong, is called an Aftershock

I know East Coasters are not used to temblors so I'll cut you some slack.

I forget... did you predict this one?

 

[shocksyde]

West coast douchebaggery detected.

You're as annoying as people from Minnesota who say "That's not cold! THIS is cold!"
You're as annoying as people from Arizona who say "That's not hot! THIS is hot!"
You're as annoying as people from Florida who say "That's not a hurricane! THIS is a hurricane!"
You're as annoying as people from Oklahoma who say "That's not a tornado! THIS is a tornado!"
You're as annoying as people from North Dakota who say "That's not a blizzard! THIS is a blizzard!"

Congrats on joining the douche club.

 

[shocksyde]

I forget... did you predict this one?

Stupid question. Of course he did.

 

[shocksyde]

Thread Title is wrong, is called an Aftershock

I know East Coasters are not used to temblors so I'll cut you some slack.

An aftershock is an earthquake. But an earthquake is not necessarily an aftershock.

For more information, look up "rhombus" on Wikipedia.

 

[Jeff7]

Hey, we're in the middle of a reasonably stable tectonic plate over here, not directly on a fault line to hell. Rock isn't supposed to move on its own here.

 

[LTC8K6]

East coast quakes are quite different from West coast quakes due to the ground structure. They are more easily felt on the East coast, and they are felt over much greater distances.

Californians are mostly laughing out of ignorance, and not knowledge.

http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/08/23/1431523/rare-east-coast-quakes-rattle.html

 

[GTaudiophile]

Slept through it.

 

[purbeast0]

i went to sleep at like 12:45 last night and felt nothing. usually i go to sleep around 1 but i was out last night. couldn't even make it past the 2nd episode of south park.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Just how frequent are small earthquakes in California? Or at least where you live? I know people talk about growing up with them as a normal background event, if this true? We are expecting a 9+ megaquake here at some point but I can't honestly say I've ever felt one in my life.

I haven't felt one in over a year. Prior to that it was probably a couple years. Just depends on how close you are to the epicenter and how strong it is. I lived in Torrance during the 1994 quake that was centered in Northridge about 40 miles away and that one we could REALLY feel, that was a 6.7. That was a scary experience. That's the only major quake I've been through though. All the rest of them were fairly mild and I'd sit there and think to myself, hmm, we're having an earthquake. The last one I felt was out in Palm Springs and it really rolled for about 30 seconds. It was pretty strong.

5.8 is pretty minor.

 

[IAteYourMother]

I haven't felt one in over a year. Prior to that it was probably a couple years. Just depends on how close you are to the epicenter and how strong it is. I lived in Torrance during the 1994 quake that was centered in Northridge about 40 miles away and that one we could REALLY feel, that was a 6.7. That was a scary experience. That's the only major quake I've been through though. All the rest of them were fairly mild and I'd sit there and think to myself, hmm, we're having an earthquake. The last one I felt was out in Palm Springs and it really rolled for about 30 seconds. It was pretty strong.

5.8 is pretty minor.

It depends - When you feel the ground shaking and you're in some brick building, how do you know that the building code is enough for the building to withstand the shaking? I'm from the West Coast, and we certainly get our share of quakes here and there, but the buildings there are prepared for such occurrences.