Earthquake on East Coast Va.

[AsterBarnivere]

This for real? I was talking to my GF from PA and she didnt say anything about this >.> and I plan on moving to New York within the next month.

It's as real as Barack Obama being president, (Just wait till the after shock gets here..)

[Nuru]

yes this is for real

Okay, just making sure. xD Seriously though, hope all of you are okay, and especially with that hurricane rolling in ;-;

[Keftenk]

Sheesh people, its a 5.8....California sees these once a year. It's a baby quake.

[Scherwiz]

Sheesh people, its a 5.8....California sees these once a year. It's a baby quake.

And your point is? east coast hasnt had one this large in over 100 years and if you have never been in one its a big deal. /shrug

[Starlord]

I was at Ocean City, and I was eating at Mack and Mankos " pizza place" and we all felt a little shake that lasted a goof 15 secs then it stopped, we all wondered what it was. Sadly none of the Employers said " they didn't feel it... ~.~.

I also ready " Little big Quakes that are feel able" only happen every 40-50 years or so .

So You have History of your first " and maybe your last Quake" hope you all had fun! I know I did :P.

Also is everyone ok from the quake? By the way Its not the end of the world.. Its called life, The Plates ares always moving " at a Veeeeeeery slow pace"It was bound to happen at some point and now it did :P.

Be safe East Coasterns, Im from New Jersey so I felt it !

[Griss]

Sheesh people, its a 5.8....California sees these once a year. It's a baby quake.

5.8 earthquakes on the west coast at least to my knowledge are not felt up and down the entire sea board.

also just a bit of a fun fact, take a look at the following map of the nations active nuclear reactors
http://www.powermag.com/Assets/Image...Trends_Map.jpg

Now take a wild guess as to how many of those on the east coast are not exactly built with earthquake safety in mind. (the correct answer is almost all of them). Hell one of the reactors closest to the major shaking is rated to around 6.0.

The scary part was not the magnitude. but the scope, the almost terrifying scope in which it was felt in a region of the country that is woefully unprepared. and Flying spagetii monster forbid that anything larger occurs before we are. The carnage and destruction and loss of life will be on a scale unparalleled by anything thing in recent memory.

Sleep well.

[CrystalObsidian]

LMAO! See that one I didn't feel in Baltimore at work like todays. But some did.

@crystal. Glad your friend and our fellow XIV player is well.

*thumbs up*

[Keith_Dragoon]

@Griss praise be the flying spaghetti monster as he shall watch over us all in times like these.

[Velhart]

I was right in the middle of it, I live in Richmond. Was pretty funny watching everyone around me freak out.

[syntaxlies]

would have been cool if we got the hurricane and the earthquake in the same day.