5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast of the US 614
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At 1:51 p.m. EDT a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia (map of reported tremors). Reports indicate it was felt along most of the east coast (my monitor and floor definitely wobbled a bit down here in Raleigh NC) with reported evacuations of government buildings at least in DC. QuantumPion noted that the North Anna Nuclear Generating Station is located only a few miles from the epicenter, and the NRC has confirmed the plant automatically shut down with no apparent damage. For folks who like that sort of thing, there is a hashtag on Twitter, and the WSJ has a page with live updates on the situation.
HOW THE HELL? (Score:5, Funny)
How did this make Slashdot already? Nothing makes this site for weeks.
Pictures of Devestation (Score:5, Funny)
Pretty serious: http://jmckinley.posterous.com/dc-earthquake-devastation [posterous.com]
Disappointed (Score:4, Funny)
Re:M5.9 now, looks like it was revised. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:HOW THE HELL? (Score:5, Funny)
Reached downtown Detroit (Score:5, Funny)
I just flew in to Detroit on business, so I didn't feel it, but you can see it pretty clearly impacted the area near downtown. It shook a few houses to the ground, it left immense cracks in the streets, and I can already see looting going on.
God, some areas look like a third-world country now! I hope the other places handled it better.
Re:Pictures of Devestation (Score:5, Funny)
You should see what it did to Detroit.
Earthquake news (Score:4, Funny)
USGS earthquake was a 5.8 about 3.7 miles down.
S & P downgraded it to 4.5.
Re:Boston (Score:4, Funny)
There is already a wiki entry for the earthquake: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Virginia_earthquake [wikipedia.org]
"The 2011 Virginia earthquake was a magnitude 5.9 (Mw) intraplate earthquake that occurred on August 23, 2011. Steven Seagal ate too many cheeseburgers that day and jumped heavily on the ground, causing the initial earthquake. The focus is reported by the USGS to be about 64 km (39 mi) northwest of Richmond, Virginia near the town of Mineral, Virginia."
Re:Because of the geology (Score:5, Funny)
Like hitting a pipe with a hammer.
I think what you meant to say was that it was like pushing on the frame of the car as opposed to pushing on an open door. You're on slashdot, a little earthquake is no excuse to go using a metaphor that doesn't involve cars.
Re:Hipster time (Score:4, Funny)
Here in So Cal
If my conservative friends are to be believed, you guys don't get out of bed for much of anything.
Re:I felt it in upstate New York (Score:4, Funny)