What in the world was that !!!

[Dave590]

I've never felt an earth quake before. I thought I had drank too much coffee.

I did'nt even know what it was untill I saw it on the news.

WASHINGTON "” Startled East Coast residents from North Carolina to Maryland were shaken Tuesday by an earthquake (search) that registered a preliminary magnitude of 4.5.



The U.S. Geological Survey (search) said the quake occurred about 28 miles west of Richmond -- 104 miles south-southwest of Washington. There were numerous reports from people who felt it in three states and the District of Columbia.

Geological Survey spokeswoman Carolyn Bell said there were no immediate reports of damage.

The earthquake occurred in the central Virginia (search) seismic zone, Bell said, a region where quakes have occurred in the past.

The quake occurred at 3:59 p.m. EST and was shallow, at about 3 miles below the Earth's surface.

While quakes are more common in the West they do occur in Eastern states from time to time.

The largest quake in Virginia history took place in Giles County in 1897. It was felt from Georgia to Pennsylvania, some older brick houses were cracked and bricks were thrown from chimneys in the area from Pulaski to Roanoke.

On Feb. 21, 1774, a strong earthquake was felt over much of Virginia and southward into North Carolina. Many houses were moved partly off their foundations at Petersburg and Blandford.

[vc1111]

I'm startin' to wonder about your karma, Dave.

Mudslides, floods, earthquakes....

[Dave590]

My sister gave me a fen-sway (it has some ***aneese way to spell it) bamboo tree about a year ago. It's about forty little bamboo trees all knotted and twisted together, and about two feet tall.

The thing is supposed to give it's owner some fantastic karma.

Now that I think about it, I've had a string of minor misfortunes since it arrived.

I think I'm gonna pitch that baby into the fireplace...Maybe I can smoke up a little better karma.

[1eyedfish]

I think I'm gonna pitch that baby into the fireplace...Maybe I can smoke up a little better karma.

lol! when yer wife tryed to set yer head on fire ,where you still haveing good luck then? probbly since it(your head)
didnt burst into flames?( i was laffin a lill at that mishap sorry Dave)

Heard some places in the east see a lot of quakes( many small ones - that go unnoticed, more so then some places in the west know for im.( i rememeber the attica/batavia?) falt line going off a few times back there) Heard theres a big falt in the midwest too....thatsbeen quiet- longer then expected.

I know yellowstone(caldara) area( one of the most active geothermal areas of the world is overdo for a big blow out - should be big enough to take out a state or 2.

should make heroshima/nagasake look like baby firecrackers.

[akbound]

Well maybe some minor to intermediate quakes along the Eastern coast line isn't all bad! Reportedly the East Coast was "way over due" seismically speaking. I would certainly think it preferable to "get caught up" a little at a time....rather than all at once!

Spent five years in Alaska, during which time there where quite a number of quakes. Of them all......I can honestly say I only "felt" two. One was some minor, (close to inperceptible shaking). And the other was somewhat different. As I sat in the living room watching TV, with my feet on the floor, CRACK.....just felt like someone hit the floor under my feet with a sledge hammer. I sat there wondering what the heck just had happened...when moments later a news alert broke in on TV and announced an earthquake had hit maybe 80 miles away, (epicenter). Two completely different kinds of sensations. Though I slept through a couple that had awaken my wife the previous night......and she couldn't believe hadn't awakened me! (After twenty plus years of marriage it takes more than an earthquake to awaken me!)

[eldeguello]

I got to witness the Good Friday event in Alaska in 1964, and to assist the folks in Valdez try to dig out from the results!! It's amazing what Mother Nature can do to you!!

[akbound]

Hi eldequello,

Were you stationed up there with the military at the time? I've been to the park, where it just dropped into the inlet. It's a strange sensation driving through Anchorage with the store front buildings and all of a sudden the roadway just "T's" with the inlet immediately beyond. And of course I've been to the museum and saw the films of the devastation wrought by that quake. A truly humbling experience.

We drove up in "92" and arrived just after Mt. Spur had erupted. There was a blanket of ash on everything. There was still some ash along the curbs in parking lots two and three years later. It was very dense and fine....and didn't rinse away all that easily. Mankind has nothing on nature when it comes to the ability to unleash truly awesome forces!