Surprise Earthquakes rattle Colorado and Washington DC Page 2

Started by Netto Azure August 23rd, 2011 10:54 AM
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Now somehow, people living hundreds of miles farther away from the DC earthquake than we do felt it, but we didn't... go figure that one out.

I wouldn't have even known it happened if not for it being front page news on the Yahoo home page :P

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Evidently it was felt around here in Ohio in some parts. I personally had no idea until I saw the news.

But two quakes in this close proximity unnerves me a bit. Remember, the other major fault lines in our hemisphere have all blown in the past few years, except the one located in California.

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It was not in DC. It was in Virginia, almost 100 miles from DC. Get it right, Netto. >:|
I do apologize, I made the thread during the middle of a Sex-Ed presentation during the UCLA orientation based on Twitter feeds. See the 1 sentence OP and utter lack of pictures and a BBC article? Usually I fill my Opening post with those.

Still I poked fun over this on FB so yeah, sorry. xD

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I live in Virginia Beach, VA an I felt my entire house lightly shaking. Pretty weird since it's the East Coast and there is no fault line nearby.
Actually, there is something called the Central VA Seismic Zone, that's pretty well documented by the USGS. It's basically an ancient fault system left over from the geological creation of the East Coast.

It's not near as active as California, or even the New Madrid Seismic Zone, but it does jolt every once in a while.

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I was out of country when this happened and only heard that there had been a quake in the US. I was afraid it was the Big One expected in California.

As someone from earthquake country I gotta say I was surprised to hear how far this one was felt. From what I read it's to do with the kind of land and rock that part of the country is made of which spreads the effect rather than absorbing it.

Just glad there wasn't too much damage. Y'all out there probably don't make your buildings with very high earthquake safety standards.

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As someone from earthquake country I gotta say I was surprised to hear how far this one was felt. From what I read it's to do with the kind of land and rock that part of the country is made of which spreads the effect rather than absorbing it.

Just glad there wasn't too much damage. Y'all out there probably don't make your buildings with very high earthquake safety standards.
Another thing is that because of the many fault lines and broken up pieces of crust on the West Coast, one piece may rattle, but the others don't. On the East Coast, things aren't as broken up so the whole thing rings like a bell.

That's what I've been hearing, anyway.

As far as damage, some of the spires on the National Cathedral got broken off and there's a crack near the top of the Washington Monument. And that's the damage we've been hearing about. I'm sure there's more that haven't been mentioned.

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