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| Seismograph image from VA Tech- looks good, what does it mean? |
I got a phone call from Beth in Robbinsville, at about 1:53 PM. She said she felt an earthquake... and so of course I jumped on facebook and twitter, and lots of people were reporting it. The shaking went on for about 15 seconds at her house. Of course --- I didn't feel a thing! But Beth said her walls were shaking and she was wavering where she stood. Detroit, Indianapolis, Boston, Toronto - they're all saying they felt it! And now I'm hearing that they evacuated public buildings like the Capitol.
Cell service is being disrupted - probably only because of everyone blowing up their phones to talk to their friends :)
I hear that air traffic is being disrupted, as air traffic towers are being evacuated and runways must be inspected... although really, I think they are just being overly cautious!
The most updated information on the USGS.gov website:
Magnitude 5.8 on 2011/08/23 at 17:51:04 (UTC)
Latitude 37.936 Longitude -77.933
Depth 6.0 km
located 8 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Mineral, VA
No injuries or damage as far as I've heard.
I heard somewhere that it was the largest quake in Virginia since 1897!
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