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Offline Nefarious

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Mild Earthquake Reported in Northern Virginia
« on: December 09, 2003, 05:33:15 PM »
Earthquake Rattles Virginia and D.C. Area
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(Washington) - The U.S. Geological Survery is reporting that an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 hit the Washington region.  Areas south of Virginia, as far as Richmond, and north through Washington, D.C. and Annapolis felt the quake.

Prince George's County Fire Chief Ron Blackwell says he was in his office when he felt what he thought was a big gust of wind -and thought nothing of it. Blackwell says it lasted more than 30 seconds, but no more than a minute.


A spokeswoman for the D.C. Police Department says they were getting a number of 911 calls about rattling windows, and such, but no reports of any damage.


The earthquake (news - web sites) is considered significant for this part of the East Coast.


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Mild Earthquake Reported in Northern Virginia
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2003, 05:36:17 PM »
4.5 will give ya a pretty good shake.

Welcome to planet Earth.
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Mild Earthquake Reported in Northern Virginia
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2003, 05:37:11 PM »
Hillary slipped in the shower.
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Offline medicboy

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Mild Earthquake Reported in Northern Virginia
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2003, 05:41:11 PM »
Its a ploy by the democrats, they will blame Bush for it, just watch.
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Offline Lazerus

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Mild Earthquake Reported in Northern Virginia
« Reply #4 on: December 09, 2003, 07:20:13 PM »
I was on the phone with my mom when it hit in Richmond. She started asking the people in her office if they were on a fault line(she moved there about a year ago) and none of them knew. Ya'd think that people that grew up there would know:rolleyes:


After about 10 minutes someone came in and said that they were on the same fault line that Charleston is on (second most active fault line in the US I think).

I hung up with her hoping it was 'only' an earthquake. 'Only' an earthquake. Says something about the times we're living in.
       


Mom grew up in Woodlawn if anyone knows where that is. MT might. She's not unfamiliar with earthquakes.
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Mild Earthquake Reported in Northern Virginia
« Reply #5 on: December 09, 2003, 10:46:26 PM »
Isn't the second most active one the one in Illinois/ Missouri?
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Offline Lazerus

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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2003, 11:04:20 PM »
Don't know. Just what I'd heard at some point.


I do live in Charleston though, very well could be the same fault.
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« Reply #7 on: December 10, 2003, 11:19:19 AM »
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Originally posted by majic
Isn't the second most active one the one in Illinois/ Missouri?


Without looking it up I seem to recall that the Missouri fault is capable of the strongest Quakes (7 to 8) but may not be the most active.
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