Earthquake In Baltimore Md.

[Satan]

News is a little slow comin out for some reason. Everyone must be in Libya.

Or maybe the fact that all the chickenshits evacuated their studios?

[Jagermeister]

Besides, I don't think a 5.8 is going to create that big of a tsunami, nohow.

I was joking about the tsunami.

CNN is saying no injuries or damage reported. That's good.

[jhale667]

Not if you believe the movies on the Sy-Fy channel. Just be glad there are no giant raptors running about.

Might wake up MegaShark and Crocosaurus....

[hambon4lif]

The latest word is that it was caused by a stampede of people at a Virginia Wal-Mart mumbling something about "the single"...whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.

This is Ed's fault.

[twonabomber]

seeing all kinds of reports that the quake was felt here but i didn't notice it. i was still on the shop floor at that time, not sure i'd feel it though the slab we're on.

[Carloscda]

Hear in Philly the house was shaking I thought it was the wind till I seen my lights swaying back & forth!!

Cell & Landlines are still jammed, I will be purchasing some satellite phones for the family cause this is crazy!!

[Satan]

seeing all kinds of reports that the quake was felt here but i didn't notice it. i was still on the shop floor at that time, not sure i'd feel it though the slab we're on.

I've read reports on other boards from Columbus and Cincinatti. Maybe it skipped Cleveland, though that's not likely if they felt it in Toronto, too.

For a quake to be felt in that wide of an area, the origin must have been pretty deep. I'm actually surprised it didn't rattle the ceiling here in Hell!

[VAiN]

Might wake up MegaShark and Crocosaurus....

The Woolly Sharktopus!

[PETE'S BROTHER]

The Woolly Sharktopus!

you leave lefty outta this. she may be with gas, again.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

The latest word is that it was caused by a stampede of people at a Virginia Wal-Mart mumbling something about "the single"...whatever the hell that's supposed to mean.

This is Ed's fault.

That was me, sorry....

That was pretty nuts, house shook for about 30 seconds....

And I've read reports all the way from Atlanta to Toronto....

[PETE'S BROTHER]

glad you're ok

[Jagermeister]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/23/quake-hits-near-washington-d-c/

Update 3:28 p.m. ET: The White House and adjacent buildings evacuated as a precaution following the earthquake have been given the all-clear, the U.S. Secret Service said. The FBI and Justice Department have also reopened evacuated buildings.

Update 3:25 p.m. ET: East Coast residents should be prepared to feel aftershocks from Tuesday's earthquake, a U.S. Geological Survey official said.

Update 3:22 p.m. ET: The North Anna nuclear power plant, which located closest to the epicenter of Tuesday's earthquake in Virginia, is shut down and in a safe condition, a company official and the Louisa County public information office report. There has been no release of nuclear material, Louisa County spokeswoman Amanda Reidelbach said.

Update 3:04 p.m. ET: All national monuments and parks in Washington are "stable but closed" following Tuesday's earthquake, a United States Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said. A couple of minor injuries and some minor structural damage have been reported in Washington, following Tuesday's earthquake, according to Schlosser.

Part of the central tower of the National Cathedral, the highest point in Washington, D.C., was damaged, according to spokesman Richard Weinberg. "It looks like three of the pinnacles have broken off the central tower," Weinberg told CNN.

Update 3:02 p.m. ET: Amtrak is reporting service disruptions between Washington and Baltimore because of the earthquake, the company reported on Twitter.

Aftershocks are a concern, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones told CNN. "People should be expecting (them), especially over the next hour or two," she said.

The quake was felt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City and on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where President Barack Obama is vacationing. It's unknown if the president felt the quake.

The Pentagon has been evacuated, CNN's Barbara Starr reports. "When the building began shaking rather violently, hundreds of people began streaming out," she said, because many people thought that the building was under attack. Starr was standing in the Pentagon's press office when the roof started to shake.

Cell phone service has been disrupted in New York City, CNN learned within minutes of the quake.

Updated 2:47 p.m. ET: A "considerable amount" of water from a water pipe has flooded two corridors of the Pentagon, according to an announcement in the building. People who work in those areas are being asked to stay in their offices while workers try to repair the damage.

The National Cathedral in Washington is damaged, CNN has confirmed.

And Dominion Generation, which operates the North Anna nuclear power station in central Virginia a few miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, is trying to reach operational staff at the plant, according to a company spokesman. Landlines to the plant appear to be down.

Shortly after the quake struck, traders in the New York Stock Exchange also felt the quake and shouted to each other, "Keep trading!" CNN's business correspondent Alison Kosik reported from the floor at 2:20 p.m. E.T.

Twitter traffic suggests the quake was felt all over the East Coast.

In Philadelphia, HunterPence3 tweeted, "Wow Earthquake just shook the entire locker room!"

In Cleveland, "tribeinsider" wrote "I'm no expert but i think we just had an earthquake here."

And even in Toronto, Canada, tweets said that the shaking could be felt for minutes.

Pete Krech, who works at a business in Fredericksburg, Virginia, likened the sensation to being on a jolting amusement ride. "I was receiving a supply truck," said Krech, store manager at Mattress Warehouse of Fredericksburg, south of Washington. "I felt a vibration under my feet."

Brendan Wein, a sales representative at Hoffman Nursery in Roxboro, North Carolina, said he thought there was a helicopter flying above his work building. "I was literally shaking in my chair," he said.

CNN iReporter Jeff Yapalater said he was in his backyard in New York's Long Island when the earthquake hit. "Suddenly I felt this light swaying of the Earth. I'd never felt that before, so I thought maybe I was experiencing vertigo for a moment, and it lasted maybe 30 seconds ... We're feeling this really far away!" he wrote.

[VanHalener]

That quake was lean, mean, big and bad, Lord
Pointing that shaking at me.

The noise I heard growing louder and louder as I worked in my garage seemed to just be another jumbo jet approaching Dulles Airport to land. When the house first began to shake I thought a nuke hit D.C. only 22 miles away. When I realized it was a quake I went for my record player.

The fucking scratch on my Van Halen album is Sammy Hagar's fault. If he did not suck so much the earthquake never would have happened, and my collection would still be in perfect shape and ready to roll.

Eat shit, you fat bastard!!!
I'm gonna get you sucka!!!

[jhale667]

The Woolly Sharktopus!

[Satan]

That was me, sorry....

Oh yeah? What was her name?