1.8 Magnitude Earthquake Gently Rumbles Northern Virginia

Posted by Thor on May 6th, 2008 15 Comments

Northern Virginia Earthquake

It appears that a minor earth quake has rumbled the northern most part of Virginia at 1:30PM, today. It struck 2 miles west of Annandale, VA.

While, we probably didn’t feel it in Charlottesville, the US Geological Survey reports that it was a magnitude of 1.8 on the Richter Scale. So far, we haven’t heard of any damage. Did you or anyone else you know feel it? Wikipedia says you can’t feel it, but I think they are lying.

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15 Responses to “1.8 Magnitude Earthquake Gently Rumbles Northern Virginia”

  1. 06 May 2008 at 4:44 pm1Not Your Drama Llama said:

    Tornados, cyclones, earthquakes….what’s with all this wacky crap?

    Mother Nature is plotting her revenge, that’s what…

  2. 06 May 2008 at 4:47 pm2belmont yo said:

    God’s righteous judgment on ye who have fallen.

  3. 06 May 2008 at 4:47 pm3Thor said:

    I’m responsible for lightning and thunder, but I am in NO WAY RESPONSIBLE for tornadoes, cyclones, earthquakes, fissures or anything else related to other gods.

  4. 06 May 2008 at 4:55 pm4Tuesday said:

    Whoopty do. Where I am from earthquakes will kill you. Try a 6.4 on for size :P (Insert dirty size jokes here).

  5. 06 May 2008 at 4:58 pm5belmont yo said:

    I love earthquakes. If they don’t kill you, they are amazing good fun. Rolled a five point something on the tenth floor of a ten story building with a four foot horizontal sway. It was like a carnival ride.

  6. 06 May 2008 at 5:01 pm6shenanigans said:

    Y’all remember that one we had here a couple years back? I was at OXO and that chandelier was a swingin’…

  7. 06 May 2008 at 5:07 pm7orchid said:

    @4 yeah, no one can feel a 1.8.

  8. 06 May 2008 at 5:09 pm8Tuffy McFucklebee said:

    @6, in that case, there’s an earthquake in my house every time I bust out some funky fresh moves
    /suddenly gravity shifted, and everyone was gettin’ down.

  9. 06 May 2008 at 6:07 pm9lolo said:

    @2. oh man, I’m a gonner. oh well, cheers

  10. 06 May 2008 at 7:49 pm10Lu Sid said:

    @2-At least my fall was fun :)

  11. 06 May 2008 at 10:06 pm11Greg Brady said:

    Weird. I felt something much later in the day under my feet. At the time I imagined it was a major quake in California that we were feeling here. Maybe my mind wasn’t playing tricks on me.

  12. 07 May 2008 at 12:17 am12Tim said:

    I work just a couple of miles from the “epicenter” (seems like an overdramatic word for this scenario), and I actually heard the quake but didn’t feel anything. I made a crack about it sounding like an earthquake though….who knew I was actually right?

  13. 12 May 2008 at 1:58 pm13shenanigans said:

    在谈到地震…

  14. 12 May 2008 at 2:10 pm14Jay laTete said:

    @13- 地球行動了嗎?

  15. 12 May 2008 at 2:18 pm15shenanigans said:

    I’m glad you put that “@13″ or they wouldn’t have been sure whom you were talking to.

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