Earthquake Rattles East Coast/Mid-Atlantic

[gt1racerlHDl]

According to the Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/blogpost/post/earthquake-rattles-washington-east-coast/2011/08/23/gIQAdypEZJ_blog.html

Reports are coming in that an earthquake just hit Washington, New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Cleveland. The U.S. Geological Survey said an earthquake of a 5.8 magnitude hit Virginia near the town of Mineral. We’ll have more soon.

i felt nothing but Rhode Island and Boston felt it.

6.0 Epicenter occurred at 1:51pm EDT

[Eric]

I don't like the wording of that earthquake statement.  It doesn't sound quite right, especially the word "hit."

I've never felt an earthquake that I was consciously aware of.  I hope it stays that way.

[beanboy89]

Felt it here in PA. Didn't know what it was at first until a friend called me saying it was an earthquake. Very strange.

[toxictwister00]

Reports in NC that folks felt some shaking there also.

EDIT: Jeff Morrow said reports that buildings were shaking in Downtown Atlanta also. WTH? I didn't feel anything.

Chicago also reported some shaking, seriously the heck kind of earthquake was that?! Very strange...

[Localonthe8s]

OH GOD, I was just about to post that. All the news outlets are breaking the story in. I was driving and my car (n the road) started shaking. I thought a blew a tire out until I saw a few houses shaking nearby

[toxictwister00]

It's quite remarkable how quickly Hurricane Irene took a back burner to the earthquake on TWC. They even switched to a video feed of MSNBC! Not that there's anything wrong with that, but I found it to be kinda funny.

[phw115wvwx]

Yes, I can confirm that an earthquake occurred.  That's the first one I've ever felt in my life, and it was a very eerie feeling.  Everyone in my office felt our building shake and eventually settle.  We were then flooded with phone calls a few minutes later from the public.

[toxictwister00]

Considering how widespread this was felt, do all the cities along the East Coast/OH Valley that felt it sit along the same fault line?

[phw115wvwx]

Considering how widespread this was felt, do all the cities along the East Coast/OH Valley that felt it sit along the same fault line?

No, they're not on the same fault lines.  There are fault lines running along a good portion of the Appalachian Mountains, parts of the East Coast, and also in places within the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys.

[WeatherWitness]

Hurricanes, earthquakes, heatwaves, droughts...good grief, what's next?!?!?!

[Localonthe8s]

Andy, you forgot tornadoes, tsunamis and blizzards too it was def my first earthquake, I didn't even know we had a fault line

[TWCToday]

Crazy stuff. Felt it really good in Norfolk

[WeatherWitness]

Andy, you forgot tornadoes, tsunamis and blizzards too it was def my first earthquake, I didn't even know we had a fault line

Well I was mainly talking about events that have happened this summer (I guess I should have included tornadoes on the list, though.)

Anyway, are there any reports of damage in the NE?

[toxictwister00]

Andy, you forgot tornadoes, tsunamis and blizzards too it was def my first earthquake, I didn't even know we had a fault line

Well I was mainly talking about events that have happened this summer (I guess I should have included tornadoes on the list, though.)

Anyway, are there any reports of damage in the NE?

Our local news here showed video of building damage in Washington,DC.

[XL FANIC]

Here in Norwood I did not feel it.