Note: USGS upgraded to 5.9 from the 5.8 preliminary estimate
Between Richmond and Charlottesville (h/t Corey S)
More:
| Magnitude | 5.9 |
|---|---|
| Date-Time |
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| Location | 37.975°N, 77.969°W |
| Depth | 1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained) |
| Region | VIRGINIA |
| Distances |
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles) |
| Parameters | NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6 |
| Source |
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| Event ID | usc0005ild |
If you felt it, you can report is here to USGS: Did You Feel It? – Report an earthquake
There’s an earthen dam near the epicenter, 1.7 miles away, I wonder how it fared:
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Felt in Toms River, NJ.
Did not feel it in Chicago
felt in Hamilton Ontario
I’m up in Ottawa Canada and my wife and I felt it….gentle swaying back and forth.
This area still rebounding from the last ice age.
We need to start a pool – who will be the first news agency to carry a story attempting to blame this on /associate this with global warming?
We felt it in Western MD
Felt it here in Norfolk, VA, but that’s a lot closer than others.
Nate, my mother was from Sayer, PA. Spent a lot of time up there on vacation when I was a kid. Really liked it.
Yea, people in San Fran would freak out if they suddenly got hit with 2 feet of snow and 15 degree temps. To each his own disaster.
The epicenter was right below the North Anna Nuclear station. I have facebook messaged two friends who work there to see if the plants tripped. Cell phones are overwhelmed here in Richmond. My son works in DC and they just now got cleared to go back in their building
I felt it in Wake Forest, NC….very strong. Shook my whole house.
Felt it here in Western Ma. Very little, thought I was imagining it!
Felt it in Midlotian, VA about 50 miles from the center. Biggest shake I’ve every felt.
“Not big enough, God.”
That big one in NM was almost exactly 12 hours before the one in VA. Just sayin’…
Obama has something else to blame for the economy now.
So where’s comet Elenin? Due for another earth alignment right about now?
This quake was very close to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s home in VA. Was there any damage to his home or the out-buildings?
Felt it here in Charlotte.
Fox news just reported that the nuclear units were taken offline. Did not say whether that was manual or automatic due to seismic sensors
This is scary. What is going wrong with this planet??
its random movements of the Earth’s crust
nothing to see here, move along now……..”
Sorry, but no.
Can’t blame it on Global Warming… but could be blamed on melting ice caps…. all the weight of all that ice flowing off the arctic and antarctic as water could cause the earth’s mantle to “rebound” in its slow and deliberate way …. but we may need to see some more weight redistribution before that becomes truly significant.
Why are you people sitting here making jokes. This is not normal.
CH4 News in UK says Pentagon was evacuated
We felt it in Lenoir, NC. Two 5 second episodes.