<p>We felt it here in New Jersey, and a couple things fell off our shelves.</p>
<p>Contractor and I felt it and watched the windows and art on the walls rattle.
He is fixing some tornado damage from last spring.
:(</p>
<p>Felt it in Philly! I have never felt anything like it before!</p>
<p>Sent from my SPH-M920 using CC App</p>
<p>Finally got through to the in-laws! No major damage (some pictures fell off the wall), but they’re staying out on the deck for now because they’re still feeling tremors. The nuclear reactors near Lake Anna have been shut down as a precaution.</p>
<p>Well, that was interesting. </p>
<p>Peabody Hall, where my office is located, is just fine. Larry Sabato, a professor who lives on the UVa Lawn, said that he has broken windows and cracks in his walls. His place is original to the University, while mine is probably about 20-25 years old.</p>
<p>Despite being about 30 miles from the epicenter, damage seems minimal. Students are going about their days as usual.</p>
<p>Just saw pictures on Yahoo of people evacuated from high rise buildings in DC. And there they are …standing right next to the tall office buildings and looking up. GET AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS. Most people hurt in large cities are running out of buildings as stone and glass fall down. Remember this could potentially be a fore shock.</p>
<p>Thanks for the report, Dean J! Wow, I didn’t know UVa was that close to the epicenter.</p>
<p>I felt my house mildly shake and was wondering if it was an earthquake here in Vermont. I quickly looked online and nothing was there at the time and I figured it was my imagination, only to find a short while later that everyone’s facebook was lighting up further south and then saw it on the news and realized it wasn’t my imagination after all.</p>
<p>D just came back from a birthright trip to Israel and was messaging me from her office building in NYC earlier in the morning about how she had hit the wall and was feeling very jet lagged.</p>
<p>When her office building started to sway, she was totally convinced that she was about to pass out from her jet lag.</p>
<p>Obviously, it was the earthquake and she is feeling a bit better now that she knows it was not her swaying, but the building.</p>
<p>Felt it up here in NOVA</p>
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I actually had to think about where Mineral is because it’s a rural area in Louisa County, which is one county over from us. One doesn’t go to Mineral very often. :)</p>
<p>Amazingly, power is on, the internet is working, and there’s only some very minimal damage.</p>
<p>It was a good long rolling shake here in Central NJ.</p>
<p>A good minute of shaking in Suffolk County, Long Island. I have to admit–I was scared.</p>
<p>Dean J,</p>
<p>Thanks for taking the time to post. I’ve been watching twitter which helped to keep in perspective what was going on in C’ville until I could hear from my son. I posted on the 2015 parents board that after the students safety I really hoped that the structural integrity of the architecture wasn’t damaged at UVa, Monticello, or Montipilier…all national treasures IMO. I also remembered the black covering on the Rotunda because of the sugaring and was very glad.</p>
<p>I have heard back from my son who was just getting out of class. He thought it was quite funny that UVa next to the epicenter was ‘business as usual’ whereas his brother’s school is at a standstill. Sibling rivalry even in natural disaster… :o</p>
<p>In Brooklyn, NY we felt it too, and thought we were having a dizzy spell. Now that we know there was no real damage or injuries— So cool!!</p>
<p>Wierd – I’m in midtown Manhattan – I felt nothing. Either I’m having a bad day at work or my building has shock absorbers…</p>
<p>Friend in Raleigh NC felt it- his computer was swaying while we were on the phone as it happened.</p>
<p>Why was the shaking so much lengthier in NY?</p>
<p>I’m at my office in Maryland, about 20 miles from DC. It only lasted about 20 seconds here and really didn’t feel much stronger than last year’s much milder earthquake.</p>
<p>My daughter, who works in DC, says that everyone in her building dutifully went outside, stood there for no apparent reason for a few minutes, and went back inside again. </p>
<p>She will have a jolly time getting back to her apartment tonight because they’re running the Metro at 15 mph while they inspect for track damage. I think 15 mph is the agreed-upon speed where crashes are unlikely to kill anybody.</p>
<p>Marian----as the earthquake energy waves get further away from the epicenter they legnthen. Think of when you throw a pebble in the water…the outside waves are longer.
Since I’m in California, I can tell how close a quake is by the legnth of the sway. Short and rapid…close. Long waves…far. It also depends on what type of ground your building is on. I have been in a high rise during a 1 minute earthquake and watched my hanging light fixture sway for a full hour.</p>
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I took a look at the Rotunda as I walked home (to check on CavDog :)), expecting to see damage, but realized the nets would have caught any pieces that might have broken off. I imagine we’ll hear more as the facilities folks check the inside the historic buildings.</p>
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I’m glad he’s okay! </p>
<p>Louisa County public schools have decided to be closed tomorrow (Mineral is in Louisa) and Culpepper County is in a state of emergency right now. As far as I can tell, the only thing we’re dealing with here is a possible gas leak downtown.</p>