AP Breaking News: Large Quake Rocks Washington D.C. Area, Felt Along East Coast

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A 5.8 quake has struck the East Coast of the U.S.

Strong tremor rattling nerves in D.C.

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

Duncan,

See ya on BS next week; got the Glenn Beck rally tomorrow and hematology treatment thurs and fri. Be aware that Nicolai Ceasescu's execution video is on the Gadaffi post. You might want to delete after watching.

Ciao...for now

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

Sound waves from an earthquake travel at unimaginable speed. I guess water must slow it down, cause the tsunami wave, emanating from an earthquake travel at the speed of a jet plane. Good luck running that fast.

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

Right - the speed of sound in air is Much slower than in a solid like under ground. 768 mph is the speed of sound in the air at sea level - it's 660 mph at 30,000 feet.

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

The local news is all over it now (I don't have cable, so I had to wait for the 5:00pm news). It's the strongest earthquake in the eastern US since 1897 - over 100 years - 5.8 on the Richter scale. Most recent ones were around 4.0/4.2. I think the earlier one I felt was March or April 1981, not 1980 (based on where I lived, and the still bare trees).

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Written by saraib820
4839 days ago

Prayers to the good people of the U S of A

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

I'm guessing when the floor rumbled (as she sunned herself in the bedroom window), she opened one eye about 1/16", twitched an ear, and thought: "Is this worth getting up out of a comfortable nap...naw, earthquake-shmerthquake."

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

My Kitty finally strolled into the room - supper time. She slept through the earthquake.

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

Capitol Police report (FOX) the Washington Monument "is tilting." That doesn't sound good.

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

If it officially occurred at 1:51 pm Eastern, it took 2 minutes for the seismic waves to reach NE Ohio some 291 miles away - over 8,700 mph (more than 11 times the speed of sound at sea level, Mach 1, which is 760 mph). Mach 11.5 - could I out-run it if I had lotsa coffee??

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

Yoni - if I can't vote for an Earthquake I experienced 1st hand, what Can I vote for??? (A Volcano????)

Duncan

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

Rule Ammendment #1: If you felt it, you may vote.

:)

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

I command you all to stop voting. I do like votes, but not for natural or man-made disasters!

:)

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

Hope your nerves aren't too rattled. I guess they said because it was so unusually shallow, it was felt across a HUGE area.

Good news...CNN and FOX say no reports of injuries. Hope it stays that way.

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

(Said in klaxon-like robotic voice) You have directly contravened my strict order. I must self-destruct in three...two...one...

BOOOOMMMM!

Aw. Shit that hurt.

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

It was just a firecracker on my big toe.

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Written by yoni67
4839 days ago

Please don't vote on this. It's simply to inform.

Hope everybody is alright.

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Written by businessavante
4839 days ago

Yoni, I felt a rumble at 1:53 pm Eastern time, in NE Ohio just outside of Akron - I wrote it on my log. I felt one in 1980 - it woke me up on a Sunday morning. Today's felt like a rumbling for quite a few seconds - my monitor was bouncing a little. My 'office', a flimsy laptop table sandwiched in between tons of junk compiled over the many years, has my monitor & keyboard on it. If I bump it, it rumbles then, too - except, my hands were off when it rumbled this afternoon. I was sure it was an earthquake, but didn't have the TV on.

Duncan

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