I never felt an earthquake before... I DO NOT LIKE IT!

[annabanana]

I had no idea we were even subject to it here on Long Island.. Should I worry about the ocean?

[onehandle]

1. No. The center is in Virginia. nt

[indurancevile]

6. weird. around langley?

[onehandle]

10. Mineral, Virginia in the center of the state. nt

[NightWatcher]

11. CIA was testing the Weather Machine before the hurricane makes landfall

Someone pushed the wrong button

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. Unless there was an aftershock, it was centered in Virginia

felt it here too. That was wild.

[CleanGreenFuture]

5. Stay alert. Could be a bigger quake coming. This may have been a pre-cursor.

[Ruby the Liberal]

19. Thats what I'm afraid of.

For this to be felt as far away has it has, tells me the ground isn't all that stable, *and* it was apparently only 4 miles deep.

They are reporting Detroit to Boston to Atlanta.

[Fresh_Start]

3. no you don't need to worry about a tsunami

they occur from 1) earthquakes under the water or 2) earthquakes which cause huge landslides into the water

[Glimmer of Hope]

4. It is scary. And just think this was a small one.

[booisblu]

7. Near Philly here

three story building swaying and creaking. Scared the crap out of me. I did not like it either!

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

8. An earthquake is Natures way of reminding us that we really aren't in charge.

And, having been through the 6.7 Northridge quake, I can attest to it being a forceful argument.

[Warpy]

9. There was a 4.1 in Canada in 1989

and everything in Boston swayed for a good 30 seconds. My cat looked like she'd had a few too many as she tried to walk into the room and my hanging plants were flying around in circles. I was working graveyard that night and all the patients were too freaked out to sleep.

East coast geology is weird and quakes can be felt many hundreds of miles away.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. No, the epicenter is inland

but you are also on ancient bedrock so believe it or not they are worst than in the West Coast, and you have no quakes there so...

You might want to make sure to keep your eye on water mains... and until that is ensured that they are not damaged you might want to consider bottled water.

[annabanana]

17. Thank you for actual useful info!.

. (I am a fan of yours)

[Shagbark Hickory]

13. It's the planet protesting the tar sands pipeline

[AngryOldDem]

14. It is upsetting.

I've never been through a 5.8 magnitude, but I have felt smaller quakes, a couple that were overnight and woke me up. Very unsettling.

[DesertFlower]

15. back in the 80s when i lived in queens

i felt one early on a saturday morning. it had hit somewhere upstate.

[Cleita]

16. Actually I have lived in Chile and

California most of my life and have been through many earthquakes both small and large and I'm still here at the age of 70. It looks like you east coasters are going to have to start looking at your building codes or there could be unnecessary tragedy from collapsing buildings and structures. If you get after shocks head for doorways or get under something solid as those will be the last to collapse. Get away from windows because shattering glass can be dangerous. Also falling furniture and furnishings can be dangerous. Good luck. :hug:

As scary as earthquakes are, they aren't as dangerous to my way of thinking as tornadoes and hurricanes. Those really scare me.

[DesertFlower]

18. there's a fault that runs under the east river

and down 14th st. i believe there's another one on 125th st.