BREAKING NEWS IN BOSTON...
 

NO WAY! I grew up in Boston. That was never heard of. Hope everyone is ok.

Apparently people felt it in quite a few places along the east coast. Washington D.C, PA and parts of NY as well.

Wow! Glad to read you are okay. My one visit to Boston, I loved it. I think there was also an earthqake in Colorado today. About a 5 point something. Looks like California is no longer the earthquake capital here in the states.

Geologist here :)

Earthquakes on the east coast are uncommon, as there is no plate boundary nearby. However, there have been some real doozies-the 1886 Charleston, S.C. earthquake killed hundreds and was felt all the way to Boston.

I think the coast from Washington south has a hurricane to worry about later in the week :(.

I'm just outside Baltimore, about 40 minutes from DC. It woke me up. We have had small earthquakes before but nothing like this. The whole house was shaking. I jumped out of bed and went straight for my dresser to keep my cologne bottles from falling to the floor. A lot of neighbors went outside and no one had a cell phone connection. Even the home phone was down. Very strange feeling. I've never before experienced anything like that in my life.

Here's the map


click on the box to check CO or VA

I live in CA...I know EXACTLY how you are feeling!

Take care of you...you might be wobbly for a bit. (f)

I'm in Leesburg, VA right now at work. About and hour and a half from the center of the quake. It shook all my framed maps off the walls. No other damage here. All the cell phones are down right now.

Didn't feel it in Maine. I'm less than 2 hours from Boston.

I was in Santa Cruz for the SF earthquake and San Diego for the LA one. I'd be happy not to go through that again. Too scary!

Hi Tinks....

YES, very dizzy and I now have a headache...This sucks...Strange feeling...Some of my co-workers are still feeling it too..

All is ok for now,hopefully nothing else happens...

And thanks everyone for your concern!! :)

Lighting candles for our wonderful "Eastern people today"....from hurricanes to earthquakes....

Peace, safety and positive thoughts and energy being sent.

Thank you for checking in when you can. We are so worried about you.

Please take care of yourselves!!!!!!

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We evacuated my small office building in Brooklyn NY!

At first I thought I was having an anxiety attack or a stroke or something. Then my heart started pounding out of my chest as I heard other people yelling and my thoughts went to some kind of bomb or attack.

As we ran down the stairs I thought maybe construction going on nearby had undermined the integrity of the building.

Earthquakes are just not in my field of reference.

I do remember a much smaller one (3.something) in NY back in the early 80s

Heart
(still shaking)

I canIts called fracking and big oil is fracking in that region. It causes earthquakes but of course they deny it harms anything. I told my family last year when they started fracking , that if they start having earthquakes , you will know why!! Imagine that. Better have your water tested and your soil too. Just saying...

Because there is no warning and you have no control, it is sometimes like being in a bombing or other violent episode; the effects to your system might hang on a while. Just talk about it to all who will listen...share your feelings and concerns. It really does help when you feel like you're not so alone.

Yes, the unexpectedness makes it hard to process.

I think, too, that it's a primal fear: the actual ground on which you're standing is moving. It literally "shakes the foundation" of your existence.

It's "deeper" than storms or floods and such. In a tornado, you go inside. In a flood, you get to higher ground. In an earthquake? They say if you're inside stay inside; if you're outside stay outside. What's that tell you? There is nowhere safe to go.

Never get used to them!
 

I have lived in CA for over 35 years and have never, ever have gotten used to them! It is like a vertigo that I get and I feel very ill when it happens.

Frequently, luckily, they seem to happen when I am sleeping or maybe I notice them more because they wake me up, but am always glad I am laying down.

I hate it when they happen when I am at work because my office is second from the top floor and the whole building sways.

My thoughts are with you east coasters, you did get a fairly good sized quake.

Hope your families are OK too.

Felt it in Philly! We couldn't figure out why stuff was rattling in the lab and phone cords were swinging on the wall phones!

Richmond here - it was pretty wild for a couple of minutes. Our building is O.L.D. At first, I thought it was some kinda semi who backed (literally) into the building until I saw other businesses with everyone running out the doors.

Jess even felt it in the SW portion of the state where we live - 237 miles from Richmond. She was working on the dishwasher and thought she had done something REALLY wrong.

Thanks to all our pals who have reached out to make sure we are ok!

Either mother nature is pissed again or big oil has something to do with this..
Glad all are safe,I do get anyone who feels like a huge case of vertago its a strange feeling.

5.9 Earthquake here in VA baby!
 

I know this is a major derail but everytime I see or hear the word fracking, I think of Battlestar Galactica-new version, not 1970's one- and Starbuck, my favorite fracking female character of all time.

Just saying....

:hangloose: