Earthquake!

[teaberryblue]

Confirmed 5.8 earthquake in Virginia! Shaking as far north as Nova Scotia, from what I hear. Just wanted to leave an "everybody ok?" post, since it sounds like phones are jammed. I know quite a few of you are in the area of the quake.

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[mezzogiorno.livejournal.com]

Really? I was wondering if it would get this far, but nothing in NS. Hope you and yours are all good :)

[furiosity.livejournal.com]

Toronto! Shaking! So bizarre!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_samalander/]

I thought it was a truck backing up to the building, and then I decided I was having a seizure until my legos started falling off my shelves. By the time I had decided it was a quake and I should do something, it was over. Then I sat in my office feeling shaky until now.

[rowena742.livejournal.com]

It was pretty hard to ignore here. I thought it was construction from next door at first. Glad I wasn't downtown, or I might have assumed something worse.

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

I was on a site visit in Westchester, so of course the very first thought from people near me was "did one of the JDs set off a homemade bomb?" Then realized what it must have been and started looking for news stories.

[astraevirgo.livejournal.com]

There was apparently shaking in Michigan, but I am unawares. I am, however, writing up the earthquake in Sylvie's baby book.

[coldwriter.livejournal.com]

I felt it down here in NC. I thought it was a plane flying a little too low and then thought it was an earthquake. All good over here and I'm fine. Stuff shook and some plants fell over but nothing huge.

[justatailor.livejournal.com]

the weirdest part of the whole thing was that "earthquake" was the very last explanation that came to me for why my apartment was shaking.

I was also terrified that my 100+ year old building would finally collapse, but that's a concern for another day. At least I have renter's insurance?

[liret.livejournal.com]

I am totally sad I missed it! But I was driving, so even if I was shaking I would have thought the road was uneven. Because 'earthquake!' is not the first thing one thinks of when it comes to road hazards in CT.

[sunnyrea.livejournal.com]

I spent 15 minutes standing outside my work. Woo hoo! But year, bit of a shake but it was like 15 seconds so I imagine the west coast is laughing their asses off at us.

[kutiechick.livejournal.com]

uuuuum, a bit scary. Also, glad I didn't even assume it was a bomb/something worse. Knew it was an earthquake pretty quickly but was um, really not smart and just kept finishing my interview I was conducting vs. hanging up/rescheduling. :/

[gildedage.livejournal.com]

I felt it. I was in the basement. We figured it was an earthquake. My thought was, oh geez, did Yosemite just blow up? But no.