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Mr. Ford95 · #1 08-23-2011, 08:14 PM

In case anyone was wondering, myself and everyone I know is safe. It struck about 22 miles south of the house. No structural damage here, just a bunch of items knocked over and a lot of scared people. I was actually driving home so I never felt the full effect of it. It struck just a few miles from North Anna Nuclear Power Plant, everything is fine there, all systems and checks worked properly for this type of incident.

Malaki86 · #2 08-23-2011, 08:23 PM

Just got off the phone with my wife. The house shook there, which is about 30 miles southwest of Morgantown, WV. No damage at all, but said that stuff was moving around on the floor & tables. I haven't felt anything in Cincinnati.

Mr. Ford95 · #3 08-23-2011, 08:30 PM

In-laws in Cincy felt it, they said downtown high rises were swaying like crazy. Reports coming in now say it was felt as far West as Chi-town, North into Canada and South to the SC-GA line.

My truck started swaying around on me like it was a windy day out, wind has been calm all day though.......weird feeling.

Malaki86 · #4 08-23-2011, 09:30 PM

That's strange - must be because of my exact location in Cincy. I'm pretty much at the northern junction of 275/75 (or maybe it's 71 - I didn't drive it).

Orangetxguy · #5 08-23-2011, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95

In case anyone was wondering, myself and everyone I know is safe. It struck about 22 miles south of the house. No structural damage here, just a bunch of items knocked over and a lot of scared people. I was actually driving home so I never felt the full effect of it. It struck just a few miles from North Anna Nuclear Power Plant, everything is fine there, all systems and checks worked properly for this type of incident.

Check under the house. Look at all of the under-shoring, main beams, foundation corners.....everything that bares weight. 5.8-5.9 is big enough to cause problems that you wouldn't realize can happen. When things fall the building had to move enough to make them fall.

Mr. Ford95 · #6 08-23-2011, 11:19 PM

I'm on a full basement so it's hard to check the foundation.:thumbsup: Everything is fine, already checked all that can be checked here. My parents house has a couple of walls damaged, drywall popped. My shed moved a good inch on the concrete blocks it sits on.

It was so shallow that it was more like a 3 coming thru at my place. Town 15 miles West of me has streets closed and building front's laying in the streets. Supposedly we've had several strong aftershocks of 4-5.5 since I've been home yet I've felt absolutely nothing, mile from me has been getting them though per a friend.

Mr. Ford95 · #7 08-24-2011, 12:10 AM

Just felt an aftershock of around a 4, totally wicked cool feeling. It literally felt like a train rumbling past the house for about 30 seconds.

cdswans · #8 08-24-2011, 12:30 AM

The USGS is reporting the quake occurred along a previously undiscovered fault. The Obama Administration says the newly discovered fault has been named "Bush's Fault".

And this from Ann Coulter: Twitter "Capitol evacuated, nation experiences brief economic recovery..."

Mr. Ford95 · #9 08-24-2011, 12:38 AM

Nah, it's a known fault. In 2003 the same fault put off 2 quakes in the same area, the first was a 3, a few months later a 4 hit that left a number of homes damaged in Nelson Co right on the side of the mountains. In the early 90's it put off a nice little 3.5 shock in the middle of the night. A number of homes in Louisa, VA are damaged, the High School is pretty torn up per the TV in Richmond. Today was their first day back to school, now they are off until further notice.

MichiganDriver · #10 08-24-2011, 01:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Mr. Ford95

Nah, it's a known fault. In 2003 the same fault put off 2 quakes in the same area, the first was a 3, a few months later a 4 hit that left a number of homes damaged in Nelson Co right on the side of the mountains. In the early 90's it put off a nice little 3.5 shock in the middle of the night. A number of homes in Louisa, VA are damaged, the High School is pretty torn up per the TV in Richmond. Today was their first day back to school, now they are off until further notice.

It hardly matters but Ford, dude, the poster wasn't talking about fault lines, they were taking a shot at our liberal President Obama. That doesn't mean I don't think it was a clever jab, just saying it was 100% political. But like Hobo said, "fair and balanced".