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Posts posted by Kmlwx
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it's a swarm!!!11!
Volcano set to erupt directly under Ian's place.
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Didn't feel it up north of Baltimore... The aftershock I mean
It was quite weak. I thought it was a chopper passing nearby overhead but with todays events I checked USGS.
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7.8km depth - getting bigger again lol
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4.2 confirmed by USGS!!!
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I thought I felt something too. But I live behind an ally.
Daniel Johnson reporting on Facebook he felt it too
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Did we just have a barely detectable aftershock?
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Still can't grasp where the potential that this was just a foreshock, but hey if the director of the USGS says it, then I guess I should think about. Could take up to one week if it was.
Every seismic event is possibly a foreshock. Did you read the part where she said it was a very low probability?
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Biggest facepalm moment so far...a met on WTOP radio saying that a 2.8 magnitude aftershock was "half as strong" as the 5.8 primary quake.
The Richter scale is LOGARITHMIC. A 2.8 is 1000 times weaker than a 5.8.
Oh good lord. People who don't know what they are talking about should not be allowed to be broadcast scientists. Who was it? Somebody from WJLA I presume? Doesn't WTOP use WJLA mets?
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I saw this quake on the 126 hr panel of the GFS last week.
That's nothing - I saw it on the Euro 168 hours out
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I dont know, feeling a building shake under you and listeneing to the rattling and noise is a significant event , at least to me, Especially lasting as long as it did, and not knowing what the hell is going on. If you want to call me a pansy fine. It felt like the whole building was being moved. It was surreal, to say the least. We were lucky this time. Hope it doesn't happen again.
I don't know if "lucky" is the right word. Seems about right damage wise for a 5.8 on this side of the country where there aren't earthquake building codes etc.
It just simply wasn't a super strong quake - just a strong one for this part of the country. Still unnerving yes but pretty cool as well.
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Most powerful city in the world and can't handle a 5.8 quake...pretty damn sad if you ask me. God help us all if we ever get something along the lines of a 7.0....massive damage with our crappy construction.
To be fair - a 5.8 is rare here. Very rare.
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i would imagine it would be open but who knows. maybe leave (forget the term) for those who need.
i didnt even think we could get a quake that large around here -- i mean i know pretty much anyone can in theory but still.
i do wonder if we'll get any sizeable aftershocks/etc. but since these are midplate events is there less of a risk? i must admit my e/q knowledge is much more rusty than when i was younger..
There have been two aftershocks of 2.8 and 2.2 respectively. I would think that might be what it amounts to. Don't think we'll be seeing anything close to the initial like we see after large earthquakes in CA or other major parts of the world. You do have to wonder though if this built pressure up anywhere else.
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Same as us getting Cat 5 Irene to hit us. I dont see the need for it as early reports aren't indicating much if any structural damage to area buildings. No bridges seem affected either.
You say that now but we'll see what you say when the main earthquake hits and it's 99.5 magnitude.
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Earthlight is pissed because his tv felt off its wall mount. I hope your new scope is okay
Maybe you will buy a seismometer kit or a seismograph next
Oh don't make me worry more! lol well it was already way out of collimation.
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oh wow... yeah nothing like that here.
Pictures off alignment and the jar of peanut butter in the cupboard fell.
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LOL
culpeper co. schools closed tomorrow.
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Maybe this is the precursor to a megaquake!!!
Break out the armchair geologists from the Katla thread!!!
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Still cannot place outgoing calls here in MoCo. Stupid people are still calling 911 I bet.
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Can't believe how fast this thread was posted, thought I'd be the first one for sure
We are all armchair scientists - you thought wrong.
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5.8 in VA!!!
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Did we just have an earthquake
Just had pretty massive shaking.
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I have some good pics that I had posted over at Eastern before its demise. Will post here
5.8 Earthquake Aug 23, 2011
in Mid Atlantic
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mag 6 or bust.