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gliebig
 Post subject: Earthquake
PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:06 am 
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We just had an earthquake. The whole building jiggled for about 15 seconds. My friend felt it some 40 miles from where I am. Never felt that before. :shock:
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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
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gliebig wrote:
We just had an earthquake. The whole building jiggled for about 15 seconds. My friend felt it some 40 miles from where I am. Never felt that before. :shock:



Hope no one was hurt. Where are you?

We may have deathly heat in the summer and the occasional Haboob, but earthquakes are something we don't have to worry about in Phoenix. Though once while floating in the pool I noticed the water slapping at the sides. Turns out it was a slight rumble from a quake in central Cali.

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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:15 am 
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I'm in Md. Supposedly it started in Va and was felt as far away as Oh.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... 05ild.html
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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
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I was just on a conference call with some colleagues in NJ - an alarm went off and everyone in the building were evacuated.

Apparently everyone is OK so far.

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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
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Iantheklutz wrote:
I was just on a conference call with some colleagues in NJ - an alarm went off and everyone in the building were evacuated.

Apparently everyone is OK so far.


I'd didn't evacuate, actually I didn't even miss a beat playing online scrabble with my sister. :| My dog slept through the whole thing.
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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:25 am 
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Meh. Just a 5.9. Tiny.
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CNN reports many were screaming in their Washington office. (I hear Anderson Cooper was giggling uncontrollably)

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Meh. Just a 5.9. Tiny.

Not by Virginia standards

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... _05_31.php

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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
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dhalem wrote:
Meh. Just a 5.9. Tiny.

Not by Virginia standards

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... _05_31.php

Wimps. It doesn't get interesting until about 6.5 or 7.0.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 11:07 am 
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I just spoke with George at Govberg in Philadelphis and he said their building was shaking for about 20 seconds.

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 Post subject: Re: Earthquake
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Apparently we felt it here in Toronto - that is to say that half the office was running down the hallway and the other half was wondering why. Personally I never felt it.
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Im in the suburubs outside philly, and i def felt that one.

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Felt it pretty good here too. Sirens started going off & cell phones shut down. We did not get any aftershocks though. Interesting experience!
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dhalem wrote:
Iantheklutz wrote:
dhalem wrote:
Meh. Just a 5.9. Tiny.

Not by Virginia standards

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... _05_31.php

Wimps. It doesn't get interesting until about 6.5 or 7.0.


We are being called wimps by someone from san francisco.

Maybe next time we have an earthquake, we can borrow some of your flower power.


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How will the earthquake affect the accuracy of our chronometers?

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