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08-23-2011, 11:21 AM

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sugarbear1

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Talk about powerlessness...Maryland just felt an earhquake! Started on Mineral, Virginia!

Made me scared & shaky. 1st floor apartment, where do I stan

d???

08-23-2011, 11:23 AM

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Yes, it was felt in Virginia, DC, Ohio, New York, Maryland, etc. I felt it, but I also have a brother in Virginia now, can't quite get a hold of them. Guessing cell phone towers are out or overloaded, people are probably all trying to use them at once.

Hope everyone affected is well, given the circumstances.

08-23-2011, 11:26 AM

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Didn't know you got them back there. They're like our main weather pattern out here--mostly sunny with a chance of shake. Hope everything is ok.

08-23-2011, 11:35 AM

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I'm on the top floor of an office building...my window suncatchers were clinking. First shake i have ever experienced...I just walked down 12 flights. it was a 5.8 down in Virginia, so I guess we got the aftershock?

phones are working here.

08-23-2011, 11:39 AM

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I called my brother! Haven't talked to him in a while. He has my son. Can't get hold of my parents.

Brother "wants to know I've completed a program of recovery." He doesn't understand this disease...

08-23-2011, 11:42 AM

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Work in the Boston area and our building was shaking, weird.

08-23-2011, 11:44 AM

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Phones working, slowl, though.

08-23-2011, 01:26 PM

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What's also weird, is that we had an earthquake in Colorado today.. we never (rarely) have them! It was quite far from where I live, but just odd that we're all shaking about

08-23-2011, 01:47 PM

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Whoops i missed this thread. I'm in the DC area and BOY was that scary! Lots of pictures fell off our walls, even some broken glass. Very unexpected.

08-23-2011, 01:48 PM

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sugarbear1

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2 in one day. Not like the one Maryland had a year ago!

Election Day in Virginia today!

08-23-2011, 01:51 PM

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Eastern Canada here and I sure felt the earthquake this afternoon.

08-23-2011, 01:57 PM

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KellyToronto

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Toronto here

Kelly - I didn't feel anything, strange.

08-23-2011, 02:21 PM

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Upstate NY here........I felt it too!!

08-23-2011, 02:39 PM

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Dee74

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wow - prayers to everyone

08-23-2011, 03:28 PM

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wellwisher

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Felt it here in Albany too - pretty weird feeling; that's for sure. Never experienced an earthquake in my life.

Now I'm hoping the Hurricane stays off of Long Island as I leave to travel there. Hang on NC, LI, NJ & MA. (That's the last prediction I saw for the projected path - but you never know).

Mother nature at its best, eh? These certainly aren't boring times.

08-23-2011, 04:47 PM

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Hevyn

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We didn't feel much in Ocean City, MD - but maybe that's because we were driving & not still.

08-23-2011, 10:31 PM

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My parents are in NJ, haven't talked to them today but a cousin said she felt it.
Another cousin in CO had one...probably near you, Flutter...and strangely enough we had one in the Dakotas a week ago. Very strange for all!!
Hope everyone is safe.