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> ...did you feel that?, earthquake in NJ
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post Aug 23 2011, 03:26 PM
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QUOTE(scotty b @ Aug 23 2011, 05:13 PM) *

and Canada gets the french


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Too bad about Scotty; he was gud.

Glad Zombie Scottie is still posting though.
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post Aug 23 2011, 03:33 PM
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QUOTE(campbellcj @ Aug 23 2011, 05:18 PM) *

Could be aftershocks tonight which will freak-out these folks even more.

As i expect you know (but the East-Coasters won't, probably...) for every earthquake magnitude 'n', expect n-1 * 10^(n-n) aftershocks of magnitude n-1, n-2 * 10^(n-(n-1)) shocks of magnitude n-2 and so forth... (below 2 is generally imperceptible...)

So - for a 5, expect 4 4's, 30 3's, 200 2's and like that.
I'd guess we'll feel at least one noticeable aftershock, although I hear this was a 'shallow' quake and there may not be as much residual stress as a big, ddep one...
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post Aug 23 2011, 07:38 PM
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QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ Aug 23 2011, 02:12 PM) *

Pretty good shake here just West of Philadelphia.
Ho-hum.
Silly East-Coasters evaculated the building, I gathered up my stuff and left too. Got out in time to go back in.

30 years in SoCal, was 1/2-mi from Northridge in 1994 (6.9).
5.9 will get your attention, but it takes more than that to get me excited...


Similar in Baltimore.
I was in the middle of a meeting. Room started bouncing, and a coworker got white knuckled on the table. I told him to relax, it was only a baby quake and went on with the meeting. We did not evac (though other buildings in Baltimore did), though we got word that we could leave at 4 if we wanted - so I did. It was amusing.

my wife got caught in DC. She still is not home. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) All the trains are backed up and they evacuated all the buildings.

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post Aug 23 2011, 07:49 PM
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Interrupted lunch. Spilled my beer on 38th floor of CMP. Bummer...

No big deal compared to Sept 11, 2001. I had to laugh when the building security PA said "no danger, stay in your offices" Just like the PANY announcements in Tower 2 on that morning. The shake was nothing, but THAT announcement worried me.
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post Aug 23 2011, 08:01 PM
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nada in central NJ. however, my buddy called me from the shore and he felt it.
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post Aug 23 2011, 08:13 PM
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QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ Aug 23 2011, 01:33 PM) *

QUOTE(campbellcj @ Aug 23 2011, 05:18 PM) *

Could be aftershocks tonight which will freak-out these folks even more.

As i expect you know (but the East-Coasters won't, probably...) for every earthquake magnitude 'n', expect n-1 * 10^(n-n) aftershocks of magnitude n-1, n-2 * 10^(n-(n-1)) shocks of magnitude n-2 and so forth... (below 2 is generally imperceptible...)

So - for a 5, expect 4 4's, 30 3's, 200 2's and like that.
I'd guess we'll feel at least one noticeable aftershock, although I hear this was a 'shallow' quake and there may not be as much residual stress as a big, ddep one...


4.2 aftershock registerd somewhere around 8:05 p.m.
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post Aug 23 2011, 08:43 PM
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Here's a pic of where I was. Massive wall and ceiling of glass - needless to say they are keeping everyone away from it now.

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post Aug 23 2011, 08:43 PM
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QUOTE(balljoint @ Aug 23 2011, 02:42 PM) *

Wait a minute. How do we know that it really is Scotty typing the replies?

Maybe it is a Scotty-Zombie?

A Nukular-Scotty-Zombie!

Oh dear.

scuze me.


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post Aug 23 2011, 09:36 PM
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post Aug 23 2011, 10:39 PM
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post Aug 24 2011, 06:55 AM
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We call those aftershocks here in my part of the world (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) We usually have a few of those small quakes like 5 - 6 times a week...you get use to them after a while.........maybe its time I move away from this place I am in now (Japan)
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post Aug 24 2011, 07:54 AM
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It was kind of odd on the 12th floor here...funny to see people just panic and bolt for the doorway.

I honestly thought a trunk bumped the building or something...until it kept shaking for a few seconds.

Supposedly there were aftershocks, but I sure didn't feel any.
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post Aug 24 2011, 08:37 AM
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Data from the USGS and ability for you to report here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/
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post Aug 24 2011, 04:22 PM
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....Hope everyone was OK back there.....can you feel us?(west coast) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
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post Aug 24 2011, 04:36 PM
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Girl friend felt it at work a block away. I didn't feel a thing. Musta been workin too hard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
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post Aug 24 2011, 04:57 PM
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QUOTE(tomeric914 @ Aug 24 2011, 10:37 AM) *

Data from the USGS and ability for you to report here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/


I filed a report 10 minutes after the quake. And let me tell you, I wasn't shy about it either.
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post Aug 24 2011, 07:48 PM
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I live in Northern Virginia but didn't feel a thing... because I was in the UK visiting my sister.

Arrived home tonight, and found this raw, uncensored carnage. Those with weak stomachs may wish to skip this image:








































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Yes, that car was in the center of the base when we left town.

Oh, the humanity!!
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post Aug 26 2011, 03:17 PM
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We felt it at Lake Norman !

A tsunumi was reported (1"), but the dam held and nuclear power plant didn't melt.
It must have been fun in the power plant control room !!! Wonder if they scram'ed the reactors.

I heard the quake cracked the Washingtom Monument and now Irene will blow it over !
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