Felt it from my 5th floor apartment in Cleveland. My coworkers in Akron also felt it from our 6th and 7th floor offices there.
Not particularly strong here, just had me wondering "why is my desk wobbling?"
East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
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Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#82Felt in NYC (Union Square). Chair wobbled a bit.
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#83I think it's caused by too many people running around looking for an HP TouchPad
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#84Did not feel it in Michigan. But seriously, all these reports should be going to this site: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/c0005i...
Some of our people felt it here in Warren, MI (just outside of Detroit). They were in an 8-story tower. Didn't feel anything on the first floor of my 3-story building next door.
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#85Can someone who knows something about geology comment: is it normal for semi-large earthquakes to be correlated like this? When we went to Google News, the first thing we found were other earthquakes in Colorado and off Indonesia.
Not necessarily.
But think about it logically. Earthquake is a quick release of kinetic energy of a tectonic plate in one relatively small location. But the whole plate moves! So yes, earthquakes happening on the same plate's boundary can very well be correlated, IMHO (not pretending to be a geology expert or anything, but the topic is fascinating).
Virginia is not in any way connected to Pacific Ring of Fire though.
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#86Shook us up nice in Boston as well.
(Yes, I reported to USGS)
In the 3rd floor of a ~20 floor Boston office building I felt two mild tremors around 1:55pm, maybe 10 seconds each with a 10-second pause in between.
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#87Felt it in Norfolk, VA. Entire building shook.
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#88Anyone in NYC area having trouble with ATT (moreso than normal)?
Texts are fine. Haven't tried to call.
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#89Since everyone is telling HN about whether they felt the earthquake or not, I thought I might point out the feeling the earthquake is dependent on not just whether the ground shook in your area, but other factors as well. In particular, the building you were in (if any), and the furniture/objects around you. I mention this as someone who felt the earthquake in the 3rd floor of our house, while my aunt on the 2nd floo…
Yeah, everyone in my office felt the earthquake very clearly, but my coworker who was walking back from lunch barely noticed anything.
Re: East Coast 5.8 Earthquake -- from VA but we could feel it in NYC
#90Felt it in Pittsburgh, PA
really, cause i didn't notice a thing