Did anyone feel the earthquake in NYC?

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  • maximillian
    maximillian Posts: 2,144
    edited August 2011
    Nothing in mid-MA.
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  • wayne3burk
    wayne3burk Posts: 939
    edited August 2011
    Hear in Easton MD we're about 120 miles from the epicenter as the crow flies - it was a short and sharp quake - not the rolling kind you get in california....
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2011
    My son was online on his XBox and he said someone he was playing said they had to go because they were having and earthquake.My son was wondering what the hell he was talking about when it hit about 10 seconds later.
    He's freaked out for sure.
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  • GMiller
    GMiller Posts: 123
    edited August 2011
    I grabbed the kids and headed for shelter, here in eastern NC. All over by the time we'd gathered.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited August 2011
    brgman wrote: »
    My son was online on his XBox and he said someone he was playing said they had to go because they were having and earthquake.My son was wondering what the hell he was talking about when it hit about 10 seconds later.
    He's freaked out for sure.

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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited August 2011
    Well... Billerica's just such a rockin' place as is...
    HA!...If only. Watch 95 turn into a parking lot as everyone panics!
    Nothing in mid-MA.
    Worcester only gets shootings...it can't have both :tongue:
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited August 2011
    Sorry, I just saw you were asking about NYC...

    oh well,anyway incase this thread gets answered by all;

    I've have a bad neck ache for weeks and I'm low on meds,I get refills tomorrow, so I went and laid down to rest a bit. At 2:00 I felt what seemed to be our cat jumping on the bed and actually walking up to my head. I opened my eyes to look at her but she wasn't there..:eek:
    Then my bedroom closet mirrored bifold started to try and open over and over again...:eek:

    Ghosts, I thought..:rolleyes: maybe....but doubtfull.

    Then It seemed like the house was getting pushed by a VERY LARGE truck in a rythmic manner.

    Lasted about 15 to 20 seconds all total.

    My first earth-quake experience..
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited August 2011
    My power was cycling on and off about 20 times every half hour for an hour at that time, very strange...I-Sig, riverratt, was yours doing the same?


    Irene is coming in a few days for another punch to your area out there, that'll make I-95 a parking lot for sure :frown:
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  • mrbiron
    mrbiron Posts: 5,711
    edited August 2011
    My first earth-quake experience.
    I had one once....she was about 2-1/2 bills and stayed for breakfast the next morning. Rum...it makes you do stupid shite!
    Where’s the KABOOM?!?! There’s supposed to be an Earth shattering KABOOM!!!
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited August 2011
    brgman wrote: »
    Damn.They are evacuating everybody on the east coast.
    Maybe i'm wrong but a bit of an overreaction maybe?

    That might also be from the hurricane that suppose to come up your way and introduce itself to the natives.
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 33,769
    edited August 2011
    tony millard wrote: »
    Sorry, I just saw you were asking about NYC...

    oh well,anyway incase this thread gets answered by all;

    I've have a bad neck ache for weeks and I'm low on meds,I get refills tomorrow, so I went and laid down to rest a bit. At 2:00 I felt what seemed to be our cat jumping on the bed and actually walking up to my head. I opened my eyes to look at her but she wasn't there..:eek:
    Then my bedroom closet mirrored bifold started to try and open over and over again...:eek:

    Ghosts, I thought..:rolleyes: maybe....but doubtfull.

    Then It seemed like the house was getting pushed by a VERY LARGE truck in a rythmic manner.

    Lasted about 15 to 20 seconds all total.

    My first earth-quake experience..
    we had sliding, mirrored closet doors in our bedroom in Milpitas, CA - they were excellent detectors of minor earthquakes, rattling on their tracks.
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  • jflail2
    jflail2 Posts: 2,868
    edited August 2011
    Yea, looks like it was centered about 1/2 an hour to the east of us, 1/2 way between Cville and Richmond.

    Me and a guy from work were walking across the street for lunch when it hit. We looked at each other kinda crazy and he basically said "what the hell kind of train is that?" and then I realized we're about a mile away from train tracks where we were. We took a couple more steps and the second tremor came through and we realized it was a quake.

    You could hear buildings rattling, and it "looked like" a quake was happening if that makes sense. Good thing we're in an ex govt building; our work building is actually a nuclear bomb shelter in Cville, so we are way safe here. Still, they wisely evacuated the building till the tremors stopped. Craziness!!
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2011
    Around noon, I felt something but tought I was feeling sick as I was not feeling the ground shaking but just a feeling of slight motion. I am not sure how strong it really was here as I was sitting on an 8'' mattress (electric bed) and I believe this might have tempered the real effect. I realized I was not sick and something else was going on but couldn't say for sure it was a earthquake. Few minutes afterward, I've seen Serendipity's post.
    ViperZ wrote: »
    We felt it in Toronto...
    How strong was it in your area?[/QUOTE]
    When Serendipity originally posted I did not dare reply as it seemed impossible I could have felt it in Gatineau but in fact, it was felt all the way to Montreal; http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/East+coast+earthquake+felt+Montreal+Toronto+Boston+York+Washington/5295180/story.html
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited August 2011
    5.9?

    Pffftt....:tongue::wink:

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited August 2011
    Better you guys than us. :wink:
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  • gdb
    gdb Posts: 6,012
    edited August 2011
    My SDAs were a rockin'........... with the amp turned off!:biggrin: (Central Maryland)
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    http://www.xkcd.com/723/

    Lol.I spoke to my wife at work in Baltimore and told her if the house falls down we'll find our son in the rubble clutching the Xbox controller.
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2011
    jflail2 wrote: »
    Yea, looks like it was centered about 1/2 an hour to the east of us, 1/2 way between Cville and Richmond.

    Me and a guy from work were walking across the street for lunch when it hit. We looked at each other kinda crazy and he basically said "what the hell kind of train is that?" and then I realized we're about a mile away from train tracks where we were. We took a couple more steps and the second tremor came through and we realized it was a quake.

    You could hear buildings rattling, and it "looked like" a quake was happening if that makes sense. Good thing we're in an ex govt building; our work building is actually a nuclear bomb shelter in Cville, so we are way safe here. Still, they wisely evacuated the building till the tremors stopped. Craziness!!

    Man i hope the Race track is ok.I have tickets for Sept 10th:biggrin:
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited August 2011
    mhardy6647 wrote: »
    we had sliding, mirrored closet doors in our bedroom in Milpitas, CA - they were excellent detectors of minor earthquakes, rattling on their tracks.

    The heavy weight of these things want to stay still while the house moves..

    I see your point and can agree...I can see sliders being the same..weight on rollers or hinges= great indicatiors.:cool:
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited August 2011
    At 1:52 I thought my daughter was shaking the couch I was napping on. It was not her.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,146
    edited August 2011
    George Grand wrote: »
    At 1:52 I thought my daughter was shaking the couch I was napping on. It was not her.

    A friend told me a similar story a minute ago. He was in a recliner and it felt like when his son shakes it from the arm rest. His son was not at home at 2:00.
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited August 2011
    Didn't feel a thing guys. Too far North? I do remember a morning quake in NYC back in the '80s. I was on the top floor of an East Side Apartment building and woke up about 30 seconds before the quake. The ground shook, the building rumbled--it felt like a giant were pulling the structure like a toy wagon that lost it's wheels. After a minute, I fell asleep again.

    Not a big quake, but certainly a wake up call to how 'small' we are, or at least, how helpless I would have been had things continued.

    It is my understanding that small quakes are quite common, though?

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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,500
    edited August 2011
    Not a damn thing at the Mars Hotel. I feel ripped off.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,809
    edited August 2011
    nadams wrote: »
    brgman wrote: »
    Damn.They are evacuating everybody on the east coast.
    Maybe i'm wrong but a bit of an overreaction maybe?

    A vast majority of the population on this coast has never felt an earthquake before... Do I think there's overreaction? Sure... But I'll tell you right now, it freaked me out...


    No, it's not an over reaction nor is it due to inexperience with earthquakes. We don't get big quakes here on the east coast often at all so the buildings are not built to tolerate quakes like that. in addition, there are structures in this part of the country that are much, much older than those young whipper snappers on the west coast. They are brick and mortar and not very good at standing up to an earthquake. Same for lots of stone bridges. So lotsa stuff needs to be inspected by engineers to determine structural integrity before it can be used/occupied again.

    If not and there is something wrong, lotsa people could get hurt/die.

    BTW, my building at 15th and Market was moving a good deal. The floor was undulating several inches. windows were vibrating like the building was breathing and I'm told the floors above me, the drop ceilings were coming down. They said the building was OK but I left anyway because the commute home took 2.5 hours at 2pm. At 5:30, when I normally leave, I'm betting at least an hour longer.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited August 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    Not a damn thing at the Mars Hotel. I feel ripped off.

    Not even a shake...........down? Sorry, couldn't resist.:biggrin:


    I was working in Arlington, va, accross the street form the pentagon and TSA headquters. My building was evacuated, as was theirs. I was on the 9th floor of a 12 story building, and we were swayin pretty good. No injuries, though!:smile:... I was just glad it wasn't a bomb or something...
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  • slowhat
    slowhat Posts: 50
    edited August 2011
    I'm in Richmond, VA. It shook the hell out my office. no injuries or fallen motorcycles.

    Came home to find my tilted CS1 bounced forward and almost ate it. Kind of wish it had so i could go ahead and pick up a CS2, but yeah earthquake, etc. :biggrin:
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited August 2011
    Felt it here in Raleigh. Just a light tremble
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  • halo71
    halo71 Posts: 4,602
    edited August 2011
    "Honey, the earthquake made the magnets on my Polk's shift and fall off. I'm gonna have to buy new speakers now!"
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  • brgman
    brgman Posts: 2,859
    edited August 2011
    halo71 wrote: »
    "Honey, the earthquake made the magnets on my Polk's shift and fall off. I'm gonna have to buy new speakers now!"

    Now THAT"S a story i can run with!
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  • spock 2054
    spock 2054 Posts: 163
    edited August 2011
    Felt it at work in Oakmont, PA - just north of Pittsburgh...
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