Comments on: Ten Things You Should Know About the East Coast Quake

By: Daniel J. Andrews

Daniel J. Andrews — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:17:11 +0000

Felt in Sudbury, Ontario, buildings evacuated for safety. That’s a bit further than Boston (200 km+).

By: Skye

Skye — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:14:51 +0000

Some sources say that there’s scientific evidence that the earthquake was caused by a nuclear bomb underneath Washington. It’s good to consider all possibilities, if this is true, the society doesn’t need to keep worrying that this is caused by a planetary alignment that could lead to a 2012 doomsday etc.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:28:55 +0000

Have friends who say they felt it in Fredericton, NB (Canada) where some buildings were evacuated because of the shaking, and others in Windsor, Ontario! I’ve read various stories about how east coast quakes can be worse but I still don’t understand how one can shake such a large area.

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:52:55 +0000

Yeah we felt the quake just barely over here in Hamilton, Ontario. Just enough to shake the tables and couch in the apartment and such.

By: Jockaira

Jockaira — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 04:49:57 +0000

When the walls start cracking, you know your vertigo’s serious. I think underground nuke tests are a thing of the past…too expensive.

For my money, I’m gonna tune into the Truth…Pat Robertson’s Armageddon Watch at the 700 club…an earthquake and Hurricane Irene both in the same week means God is losing his patience…there must be unrest and turmoil among the unbelievers…a thirst for the Love of Jaysus. Time to Smite Them and bring them to their senses.

This is Holy Retribution for New York’s recent succorring of Homosexuals. God is serving notice that no longer will he tolerate such behaviour from snooty East-Coast types. He let it go on in California way toooo long, now He’s getting ready to dump California into the sea…

Watch Out New York…You’re Next!

By: Dano

Dano — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:51:12 +0000

Felt it Rome, NY (Upstate). What is interesting when I googled “earthquake now upstate ny” I found this news report about quake 40 mi. north of Ottawa: http://www.9wsyr.com/content/news/breakingnews/5-0-earthquake-hits-Quebec-felt-across-Central/hjieiHHQUEC0Hc14sODVkQ.cspx I have not heard of any other media coverage on this since. AND for you conspiracy investagators what about the one earlier in Colorado – could have been an underground nuke test out west?

By: Iris

Iris — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 18:34:16 +0000

In New Jersey on the phone with customer and the lights and ground started to shake. I immediately said to customer that I think we are having an earthquake and said my goodbye.

By: David

David — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:35:49 +0000

I live in Waynesboro, and I only felt said quake for about 10-15 seconds. It was quite extraordinary as I had never been in one.

By: Bonnie Bowman

Bonnie Bowman — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:21:42 +0000

I was at work in the hospital in Martinsville, VA- just N of the Carolina border. We could feel the floor vibrate and the overhead lights moved. I have been in larger quakes (CA) and didn’t at first notice this one. But all dudring the night on Mon. my cats cried. couldn’t figure out what bothered them. But our cats and dog in So. Boston did not react at all.

By: jen

jen — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:57:42 +0000

I was in Amherst, MA and didn’t feel a thing :( had no idea anything happened until I looked on twitter! So disappointing

By: marcel

marcel — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:43:29 +0000

Hanover, NH: I didn’t feel it, but everyone else with an office on the corridor in the building where I work was immediately out of there office, and in the corridor saying, “Did you feel that, what was that?”

By: Cathy

Cathy — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 15:31:05 +0000

Athens, Georgia here. Felt the initial quake but it was so gentle I thought it was my vertigo returning. I didn’t realize what it was until 20 minutes later when I heard about it on the radio. No one else in the office here noticed anything. It was a very subtle rocking of my desk and my chair (we’re on concrete slab) and it felt more like someone sitting near me twitching their leg rapidly – except no one sits near me at my desk. It’s only the second earthquake I’ve ever personally felt, and the last one was a much more local 3.6 that I mistook for the foundation of the house sinking.

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 12:19:19 +0000

Felt it in Laurel, MD about 2 hrs north of the epicenter. It lasted for less than a minute. Probably close to 30 seconds. Our dog was very unsettled and barked a lot the night before.

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:04:29 +0000

While I was at work in Fairfax, VA, just outside DC, about a dozen flat-screen computer monitors on a shelf next to me started clacking together, which only got louder. Since I was standing up, I could feel myself start swaying and actually became nauseated. The water cooler had waves! Half-minute duration’s about right. Live in a 12-story condo building so was nervous about that. Took the stairs from the office and drove home. A few items had fallen from bookcases. This a.m. heard about possible cracks in the Washington Monument.

By: Kay Teague

Kay Teague — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:22:50 +0000

I live in Greer SC, which is in the upper western part of the state. North Carolina is about 20-30 miles north of Greer. What we felt here was a rolling sensation that lasted about 30 seconds. We also felt a smaller tremor about 3 seconds after the longer tremor stopped that only lasted about 3-5 seconds. We checked with each other to make sure we both felt it but we did not leave the house.
We have felt much smaller minor tremors before when we lived in Western North Carolina that lasted less than 15 seconds. These were more shaking than rolling like today’s earthquake. My husband is from Western North Carolina and has always been told that these “mini tremors” were good because it was releasing some of the built up pressure in the Appalachian mountains.

By: rick

rick — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:46:32 +0000

Did not feel it here in Waterford MI, but before we saw it on the news my son said something happend out side. The birds and bugs stoped making noise and the dogs are freaking out.

By: Cody

Cody — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:18:16 +0000

I didn’t feel it here in Derry New Hampshire, but I have a friend who posted to facebook that he felt it in Walpole NH. I’ll let him know he should tell the USGS.

By: Marine Geophysicist

Marine Geophysicist — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 02:01:30 +0000

I am in ZIP code 20136, about 70 statue miles from the pronounced epicenter. The folks who say they felt the shake for over 30 seconds are mistaken. The actual rumble was 14 seconds in Bristow. The rumble transmitted through the upper strata from southwest to northeast. No damage in this locale, other than some pictures falling off walls–they were improperly installed. I have experienced over a dozen earthquakes around the world, and some were plate boundary events while others were intraplace events, like this one. Hence, whilst neighbors panicked, I checked the NEIC website for more news. Others should learn from this–check with the folks who work on these things for a living–not the network media.

By: YPBD

YPBD — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:56:24 +0000

The shallowness and proximity to power plant must have conspiracy theorists going crazy.

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:41:32 +0000

Felt it in Clemson, SC. In our 3rd floor office there was a very distinct back-and-forth swaying that lasted quite a while. Not extremely strong, but definitely noticeable and it lasted for at least 60 seconds.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:37:47 +0000

“It was felt for miles around—as far away as Boston…”
Felt it in Toronto, and apparently it was felt even in Quebec City, over 1000km away!

By: christine m.

christine m. — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:33:18 +0000

just got off the highway in Salisbury, nc at a traffic light. My son thought my car was cutting out. I thought it was just vibrations from the bridge over the highway. Seconds later got a text from a friend in mooresville, NC asking if we felt it. It was like a big kid was bouncing around in the back seat making the whole car rock.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:25:53 +0000

Felt in Baltimore about 30sec! Made everyone scurry out to the streets after building alarms went off. Felt like being on a fun-house ride where the ground moves different directions for each foot and you have to traverse that! Things were clanking and some light bulbs broke. So coooool. Kinda scary!

By: Christine K.

Christine K. — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:50:02 +0000

Felt it in Ship Bottom New Jersey, located on Long Beach Island. For about 10 seconds.

By: Ms. West

Ms. West — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:37:03 +0000

I was on the toilet when it happened. At first I thought I was having a vertigo spell.

By: MT-LA

MT-LA — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:26:13 +0000

Didn’t feel it in California, but to all those that did feel it…

Welcome to the club! Hope no one was hurt. Please don’t send any snowstorms our way as retaliation.

-Matt from LA

By: b lynch black

b lynch black — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:23:48 +0000

there’s a ridge that runs through NYC up through the bronx…. on one side it was felt, on the other side it wasn’t.

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 23:07:34 +0000

We felt it in Somerville, NJ. It was enough for my co-worker and I to turn to each other and say “woah! earthquake!”

By: Phoebe

Phoebe — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:58:01 +0000

I live in Patrick County Va and it shook the house and the trees and shrubbery for a long time, at least a minute. I live in a valley, people only 15 minutes away up the mountain said it didn’t shake as much or as long.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 22:47:01 +0000

felt it in Beloit, WI (near illinois border) for a good 30-60 seconds.

By: Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor)

Amos Zeeberg (Discover Web Editor) — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:59:12 +0000

Here in the Discover office, on the 21st floor of a building in Chelsea, Manhattan, the quake was noticeable but short (less than five seconds) and not very strong—I actually thought it was a sudden gust of wind buffeting the building. If I’d been in California, probably would’ve realized it was an earthquake.

By: Greatbear

Greatbear — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:29:14 +0000

Felt it here in Harrisburg, PA. I was on the 11th floor and it lasted for about 30 seconds.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:28:01 +0000

In Uniontown, PA, my building sounded like the titantic as I watched the walls move, and my husband was evacuated from his building (4-story) in Pittsburgh!
I’m still like, whoa!

By: Bee

Bee — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:50:29 +0000

Felt in Syracuse, shaking and the lights in the office were swinging a bit. Made me queasy trying to read until I realized what was wrong! This one didn’t seem to last as long or make as much noise as the one that originated out of Montreal last year in June.

By: CS Scotkin

CS Scotkin — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:49:13 +0000

While I did not feel the quake where I live in Branford, Ct., our dog started howling at the door at the time the quake struck. Our cats had been very nervous this morning when generally they are quite placid.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:39:59 +0000

Re : #3

Might want to update. I have two photos (from people on twitter, I’ll link below) showing damage. MSNBC and many other non-news sources are reporting damage to the national cathedral, and apparently a water main broke in the pentagon, damaging parts of two floors.

http://yfrog.com/kecn2jpj Shared by justin_fenton
http://lockerz.com/s/132249051

Reuters re the National Cathedral: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/23/quake-usa-cathedral-idUSN1E77M1Q620110823

And yes, I felt it. I’m in Albany NY. Shook for around 30 seconds, clothes in the closet were swaying, and my neighbors windchime rang.

By: mk

mk — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:17:40 +0000

Kensington, MD. Felt it for about 30 seconds. Seemed rougher than the Rockville, MD quake in July of this year.