EARTHQUAKE - Nation's Capital

[BILLYL]

Woke up to a 3.6 earthquake here in your Nation's Capital. I thought it was either the President's Helicopters flying low or a jet fighter skimming the tree tops.

A very nice motivator to get ones self out of bed...............

Now we are waiting for the after shocks.

Never experienced anything like this..........

Bill

[michaelwpayton]

Now we are waiting for the after shocks.

What you may get will be nothing... compared to the after-shocks we are all going to feel due to other things going on in that town.

[legojenn]

When I saw the title of your thread, I thought oh no, not another earthquake in Ottawa. The quake a few weeks ago cracked the ramp to my car's work parking garage. If I'm not careful, I scrape my floor when I leave it.

[Alleged User]

I'm in Ashburn, and something woke me up at 5:04, which is right when it hit, but I don't recall hearing or feeling anything. I'm also practically on Dulles Airport property, so I may have subconsciously dismissed it as a jet, some of which fly over so closely sometimes that I feel like I could throw a rock and hit 'em.

Glad it was minor, and not looking forward to any encores.

[BILLYL]

We are about 2 miles from the "EPI CENTER" SoI felt it heard it but thought it was a jet etc.

bill

[Alleged User]

Billy, you may want to sign up for AlertDC if you haven't already. Their email service will notify you of breaking news, emergencies, alerts, road and metro closures, etc. Just a thought. AlertDC is useful for stuff like flyovers, motorcades, or 'official' stuff that will affect traffic/metro or will just make you wonder what the hell they're up to. It has come in handy.

[caseydog]

I feel the distant rumble of Californians snickering at this 3.6 earthquake.

I also can't wait to see how FauxNews covers this story.

Billy, I'm glad to hear it was only 3.6 -- enough to add some excitement to your life, but not enough to hurt you.

CD

[BILLYL]

I feel the distant rumble of Californians snickering at this 3.6 earthquake.

I also can't wait to see how FauxNews covers this story.

Billy, I'm glad to hear it was only 3.6 -- enough to add some excitement to your life, but not enough to hurt you.

CD

Yeah - Just enough to make one get out of bed and find out what was going on. The only issue is I live real close to the NIST (National Insitute - Standards and Technology) The have a small nuclear recator on their campus - I do hope it is safely protected

Bill

[Ratkity]

I felt it this morning as well and smacked the alarm clock, wondering why it went off at 5ish am and fell back to sleep. Geeesh, I sleep through all the fun stuff!

Hugs,
Ratkity

[dh]

We had a 3.3 when I was growing up, My father and I were watching TV and my mother was taking a knap, we both thought mom fell out of the bed

[Ratkity]

Picture of the devastation after today's 3.6 earthquake in Germantown MD






hehe

Hugs,
Ratkity

[hiker chick]

Picture of the devastation after today's 3.6 earthquake in Germantown MD






hehe

Hugs,
Ratkity

RK - that is the funniest commentary I've seen on Germantown's mini-quake (midi-quake?).

I live in DC -- the other side from G-town -- and was oblivious until seeing a news story -- slept through it. Some neighbors who were awake did feel something. One said a business card fell over on his dresser. His wife said she felt like she'd "dropped" for a moment. Another neighbor said she thought it was an unusually strong train vibration.

Among my earliest memories is waking up at 6:00a when the Los Angeles area was shaken by the 1971 San Fernando (aka Sylmar) quake. That was 6.6 and memorable. And anyone else who experienced that may this 1973 USDA documentary that was done on the quake interesting (replete with Dragnet-style narration and period-appropriate background music). I remember the smashed pickup truck -- it was a very scary image to me back then:

http://www.archive.org/details/Earthqua1973

3.6 is comparatively meager but in the I-270 corridor where there is virtually no "seismic hazard" (according to USGS map), it is quite an attention-grabbing start to the day.

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/eq_depot/2010 ... ua6_z.html

A major quake hitting this area would be a mega-disaster as our homes and office buildings, and presumably highways, are nowhere near as sturdy in that situation as California's are.

Am supposed to go paddling on a lake near the epicenter. At what magnitude should I fear a tsunami? Perhaps I should wear that life jacket I keep in the stern....

[caseydog]

Picture of the devastation after today's 3.6 earthquake in Germantown MD






hehe

Hugs,
Ratkity

I hope nobody was hurt!


CD

[caseydog]

Am supposed to go paddling on a lake near the epicenter. At what magnitude should I fear a tsunami? Perhaps I should wear that life jacket I keep in the stern....

Be careful out there.




CD

[Bigdog57]

It was just The Spirits of 1776 rolling in their graves after what the PTB have pulled in the last year and a half.......