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Did Anyone feel the Earthquake from last night? (3/26)
Posted by:
Mover and Shaker
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Date: March 26, 2012 10:48AM
3.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Mineral, parts of northern Virginia
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Posted at 07:07 AM ET, 03/26/2012
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/31-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-mineral-parts-of-northern-virginia/2012/03/26/gIQAexFfbS_blog.html
Seven months after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Mineral, Va. and rattled much of the East Coast, a smaller quake shook the same area late Sunday night.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.1-magnitude quake hit just outside of Mineral, a town of fewer than 500 people about 80 miles southwest of Washington, at 11:21 p.m.
There were no reports of injury or damage, but people as far north as Fairfax and Loudoun counties reported feeling weak levels of shaking.
The strength of Sunday’s earthquake was comparable to several of the dozens of aftershocks that followed last August’s rare earthquake.
USGS Website
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/se032512a.php
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By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Posted at 07:07 AM ET, 03/26/2012
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post_now/post/31-magnitude-earthquake-rattles-mineral-parts-of-northern-virginia/2012/03/26/gIQAexFfbS_blog.html
Seven months after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Mineral, Va. and rattled much of the East Coast, a smaller quake shook the same area late Sunday night.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.1-magnitude quake hit just outside of Mineral, a town of fewer than 500 people about 80 miles southwest of Washington, at 11:21 p.m.
There were no reports of injury or damage, but people as far north as Fairfax and Loudoun counties reported feeling weak levels of shaking.
The strength of Sunday’s earthquake was comparable to several of the dozens of aftershocks that followed last August’s rare earthquake.
USGS Website
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/se032512a.php
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Re: Did Anyone feel the Earthquake from last night? (3/26)
Posted by:
tea leaves
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Date: March 26, 2012 11:03AM
I'm upset about missing this one LOL. The original quake was interesting. Other than having to pick up CD's and reorganize them, and some shit on the wall, I thought it was a kick ass experience. Come on aftershocks, earlier in the evening please! :)
Re: Did Anyone feel the Earthquake from last night? (3/26)
Posted by:
Highlander
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Date: March 26, 2012 11:06AM
No, but I have three inches of snow on the ground...
Re: Did Anyone feel the Earthquake from last night? (3/26)
Posted by:
Mr. Insensitive
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Date: March 26, 2012 01:54PM
Highlander Wrote:
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> No, but I have three inches of snow on the
> ground...
There's a frost warning for our area for tonight.
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> No, but I have three inches of snow on the
> ground...
There's a frost warning for our area for tonight.
Re: Did Anyone feel the Earthquake from last night? (3/26)
Posted by:
Carole King
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Date: March 26, 2012 02:14PM
yeah I felt the fucking earth move under my feet.
Re: Did Anyone feel the Earthquake from last night? (3/26)
Posted by:
Mmmmmm
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Date: March 27, 2012 12:03AM
I felt the Sunday night earthquake.