East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC • Hacker News Board

Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC

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Post by 3pt14159 » Tue, Aug 23, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

toblender wrote: post #15

Just felt it in Toronto on the 9th floor. I was the only one that actually tried to leave the building. That worries me about what people would do in bigger earthquake.

I felt it in TO as well, but thought I just hit my desk with my knee or something. Very small.

Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC

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Post by bmoran_00 » Tue, Aug 23, 2011, 6:12 PM UTC

Oh, so THAT's why we had a slow down in our disk performance from our Virginia Datacenter!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDacjrSCeq4

Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC

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Post by philsalesses » Tue, Aug 23, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

It was centered 1 mile away from the Lake Anna nuclear reactor. Fingers crossed that their safety record was top notch... I can't reach anyone down there to check.

Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC

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Post by pospischil » Tue, Aug 23, 2011, 6:13 PM UTC

Felt it in south jersey. Shook my house quite a bit, even knocked some things off the kitchen counter. Lasted quite a while (felt like close to a minute).