Rick Perry is denying the quake, and Bachmann promises to keep future quakes below a 2.
Earthquake
by Billzfan23 95 Replies latest jw friends
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Duderino
Obama Golfing When Earthquake Struck
President was golfing in Martha's Vineyard when 5.9 magnitude quake hit D.C.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/obama-golfing-earthquake-struck-14365613
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Berengaria
Ha!! I knew someone would post that!!! Good old RockNeckerino!!
Botch and LWT, good stuff. Very witty.
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botchtowersociety
Evidently the quake occurred on a little known fault line outside of DC called "Bush's Fault"
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Berengaria
WOW that was the first time for me and I thought the bldg I live in was falling apart the room was swaying and crunching sounds and this is a really sturdy bldg.
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botchtowersociety
Krugman says it wasn't big enough.
S&P downgrades quake to a 2.0.
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sherah
Felt in the tremors in PA, lasted less than a minute....got the rest of the afternoon off. Yay!
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sizemik
Virginia Seismic Zone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Virginia Seismic Zone in the U.S. state of Virginia covers about 8,000 km 2 (~3,000 mi 2 ) in the Piedmont province. Earthquakes in the state are irregular and rarely top 4.5 on the Richter magnitude scale.
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List of earthquakes
Date Magnitude Location Comments February 21, 1774 4.5 Near Petersburg, Prince George County August 27, 1833 4.5 Central Virginia April 2, 1852 4.3 Near Buckingham Central Virginia, about 55km south of Charlottesville April 29, 1852 4.9 Near Wytheville Wythe County December 22-23, 1875 4.5 Central Virginia Near the James River waterfront in Goochland and Powhatan Counties, and in Louisa County May 3, 1897 4.3 near Radford Southwest Virginia May 31, 1897 5.8 Giles County Largest earthquake in intensity and areal extent, along with the one in 2011, with aftershocks continuing through June 6, 1897 [ 1 ] February 5, 1898 unknown Pulaski, Virginia February 11, 1907 unknown Near Arvonia Buckingham County April 9-10, 1918 unknown Luray Page County September 5-6, 1919 unknown Near Front Royal Warren County December 25-26, 1929 unknown Charlottesville Albemarle County April 23, 1959 3.8 Giles County strongest at Eggleston and Pembroke [ 2 ] April 11, 1975 unknown Southwest Virginia, near Blacksburg Montgomery County December 9, 2003 15:59 EST 4.5 37.599N -77.932W in the foothills about 30 miles (48 kilometers) west of Richmond and was felt as far away as Norfolk May 6, 2008 13:30 EDT 1. 38.80N -77.15W epicenter was 1 mile SW Annandale; [ 3 ] May 16, 2009 04:08 EDT 3.0 37.25N -80.00W in Roanoke County, just outside the City of Roanoke; [ 4 ] July 6, 2009 23:59:52 EDT 2.3 37.64N -77.64W about 1 km SW of Short Pump; Magnitude 2.3 [ 5 ] July 16, 2010 05:18 EDT 3.6 39.187N 77.286W between Germantown and Gaithersburg, Maryland; [ 6 ] August 23, 2011 13:51 EDT 5.8 37.936N 77.933W Louisa County, VA, 5 miles SSW of Mineral and 38 miles NW of Richmond -
Sam Whiskey
Seriously?? People getting all worked up over a minor temblor. I've been in quakes where the asphalt rolled like the waves of the sea, and cars were lurched forward into building walls over and over and over until it stopped. In that same earthquake, I had to sit on the moving ground, as standing was impossible.
Bunch of sissies....LOL.