5.8 earthquake in DC?

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<p>Anyone? Just heard on the news.</p>

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<p>epicenter 90 miles away and only 4 miles deep (very shallow) must have been felt over a large area.</p>

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<p>I just received a voicemail from DH, “How’d you like our earthquake?”. We are in PA.</p>

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<p>Update at 2p.m. ET: Reuters reports a 6.2 magnitude earthquake centered near Mineral, Va., rocked the mid-Atlantic states and was felt as far north at Manhattan and as far south as North Carolina.</p>

<p>Update at 1:57 p.m. ET:The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon is being evacuated.</p>

<p>Fox news reports that several public buildings, including the Capitol, have been evacuated.</p>

<p>[Apparent</a> earthquake rocks Washington D.C. area](<a href=“Magnitude-5.8 quake rocks East Coast”>Magnitude-5.8 quake rocks East Coast)</p>

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<p>Yup, yup…about 35 miles away and we’re still pretty freaked out. We’re not used to that stuff around here.</p>

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<p>My office building shook here in NY</p>

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<p>I can not imagine being in a masonry constructed building in an earthquake above 5.0!</p>

<p>NYC…WOAH!</p>

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<p>My 1894 brick house shook like crazy, and I could see the railings on my brand-new back porch moving. It was pretty unnerving.</p>

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<p>We felt it in Central Ohio!!</p>

<p><a href=“Carole King - I feel the earth move - YouTube”>Carole King - I feel the earth move - YouTube; ;)</p>

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<p>Felt the quake in our house in central NC… And a hurricane is supposed to hit us this weekend. The planet loves us right now! ; -)</p>

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<p>felt it in Newport, RI. YIKES!</p>

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<p>Earthquake today, hurricane this weekend, just waiting for a tornado–a real Natural Hat Trick.</p>

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<p>We just want rain in Texas.</p>

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<p>Rocked my building here in Times Square.</p>

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<p>Probably wasn’t 5.0 up in NYC, but those buildings have trains running underneath all day long. High winds too. They are built to withstand the kind of vibration they took today. Still, it was an unusual sensation for us.</p>

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<p>DH’s building has been evac in DC. Please keep in mind the noise and movement is terribly reminiscent of 9/11 for those in DC and NYC and the timing is terribly odd. Their buildings were also evac on that day with cars stuck in underground parking…so there you are standing on the sidewalk with nowhere to go. They are not feeling too great right now. Obviously they are not feeling in danger at this point, but they are taken back emotionally to a very bad time as are their family members. Our son is at school right near the eip-center. We are sure he is fine, although he has not returned texts.</p>

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<p>That was just weird – never felt a quake before (missed feeling a small one a few years ago because I slept through it). Strange sound at first, kind of like when hail hits the windows. Then I noticed the liquid in a glass moving and a feeling of trembling from the floor. Then the realization of what was happening and husband and I are yelling for daughter to get downstairs. She felt it more, a few things fell off shelves and the bed was shaking a bit. Older daughter called from office in one of the taller DC buildings. Things were fine there, but they really felt the shaking.</p>

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<p>D felt it in Amherst, MA.</p>

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DH’s building has been evac in DC. Please keep in mind the noise and movement is terribly reminiscent of 9/11 for those in DC and NYC

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Very true. The phone lines in my building were out for a month after 9/11 because we’re on a main subway hub. They have gone out now, as well, for the same reason. You don’t realize how much telephone noise is tuned out during the workday until there isn’t any. I feel that I need to have an ice cream cone!</p>

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<p>They’re rioting in Africa* (whistle)
There’s strife in Iran* (whistle)
What nature doesn’t do to us
Will be done by our fellow man.</p>

<p>And Texas needs rain…</p>

<p>Kingston trio</p>