Well that was different...

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:19 pm

Now I can say I've been in an earthquake

Info so far says the epicenter of the 5.8 quake was in Mineral VA (about 71 miles from me) and the quake was felt as far north as upstate NY and down to NC.

I know this isn't a big deal to the west coast people, but for a guy who hasn't been through one, it was a bit unnerving

Blivitt02 · Post by **Blivitt02** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:30 pm

I'm in Albany NY (upstate) sitting in my cube and we felt it!

C1DoG · Post by **C1DoG** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:34 pm

I know how you feel Dante. We didn't get many earthquakes while I lived in WA State. But I can definitly say the first one that you go through definitly gets your attention.

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:45 pm

I think the worst part was for the techs in the shop. While they could feel the ground shaking, it was the cars bouncing on the lift that really freaked them out. We didn't have any fall luckily.

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:46 pm

Yeah we actually felt it down here in Toronto.. went pretttttttty far

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:47 pm

Wow, I'll say

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:51 pm

I didn't feel a thing.

C1DoG · Post by **C1DoG** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 2:59 pm

My first quake... When it shook, I was standing in the middle of my kitchen. Felt like I was surfing on the kitchen floor.

nicksdad06 · Post by **nicksdad06** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:21 pm

I was under a car while it hit

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:29 pm

At least you didn't become a permanent fixture under there!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:36 pm

Our guys got out pretty quick once we figured out what the hell was happening. You don't realize just how much stuff is just hanging over your head in a shop till something like this happens. Everything was shaking and moving up there...duct work, lights, gas lines, air lines, roof support beams, etc.

Pretty scary shit.

C1DoG · Post by **C1DoG** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:40 pm

We're glad you all are ok.

JeffM · Post by **JeffM** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:07 pm

I felt it up here. Was sitting in my office when I felt the chair start moving like I was on a boat. I thought I was passing out, but then everything on the walls started to shake around.

We've had 5.5's hit up here before. Fun stuff.

Paul56 · Post by **Paul56** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:21 pm

During a quake I have been on the 16th floor at a desk
with a printer sitting on a table beside the desk.

Suddenly the table with the printer starts swaying back
and forth and seemingly does so for about 30 seconds.

After that I put away the Captain Morgan bottle.

r/tguy02 · Post by **r/tguy02** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 4:25 pm

JeffM wrote:I felt it up here. Was sitting in my office when I felt the chair start moving like I was on a boat. I thought I was passing out, but then everything on the walls started to shake around.

same exact thing happened to me

nicksdad06 · Post by **nicksdad06** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:21 pm

I was doing camber adjustment on an alignment and hit my trigger on my impact gun and everything started shaking I just thought it was my gun then everything else started to shake

DodgeEvo · Post by **DodgeEvo** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:18 pm

I felt it too, all the way on this little tiny island I live on. Lol. Glad nobody got hurt though.

INVUJerry · Post by **INVUJerry** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:56 pm

I was walking across a parking lot, and the chain link fence started shaking. I turned to my buddy, and I was like "WTF! The fence is shaking!" We thought it was a sump pump or something, so we got in the van, and it was shaking too, thought it was a misfire. Then, I cut the van off. Van still shaking. At that point, I didn't know what it was, but I got outta there before everyone else did.

Adam G · Post by **Adam G** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:35 pm

I was at work on an order picker.....was only like a foot off the ground shook me pretty good but other guys who were up like 30ft said they felt nothing.....my dad was out in our barn said his barracuda started to shake then his 52 dodge then looked up to make sure the rest of the barn wasnt about to come down

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:53 pm

When exactly did it hit? I felt nothing. Am I just dense?

Unless it happened when I was driving. In which case, I can't feel anything over the coilovers.

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:58 pm

Yeah, I didn't feel a thing, but apparently they evacuated most of the buildings in downtown Akron, which is about 20 miles from my work.

I guess it just depends on where you were.
Edit:

an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 occurred at 1:51 p.m. today

http://news.yahoo.com/why-virginia-quak ... 33903.html

http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/ear ... d-1.231093

a23dranger · Post by **a23dranger** » Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:22 pm

i didnt feel it in the ground but i was on the frame rack at work drilling out a frame rail and the frame bench starting bouncing bad. i thought someone was messigng with me.. i got off the bench and could see the frame bench bouncing.. didnt realize what happened till later. another guy was on the floor taking off step tubes and never felt it but the truck was wiggling.. he thought the same as me that someone was messing with him.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:37 am

Some felt it in Indianapolis but I was in northern IN driving in my work vehicle so I knew nothing about it until it hit the Chicagoland news on the car radio. Weird since I was just telling my best friend over the weekend of my plan this November to secure shelving in my garage to the wall with hooks and straps so that stuff won't fall on the SRT when we have another one.

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:40 am

WHOA! Where in NIN were you?!

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:55 am

FAC3L3SS wrote:WHOA! Where in NIN were you?!

Rensselaer, Monon, Monticello.[/off-topic]

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 4:11 pm

FAC3L3SS wrote:WHOA! Where in NIN were you?!

Nine Inch Nails

FAC3L3SS · Post by **FAC3L3SS** » Wed Aug 24, 2011 8:20 pm

Johny · Post by **Johny** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 3:19 pm

Weeeeeeeeeeeeee

RawkBunny · Post by **RawkBunny** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:30 pm

That was def the worst feeling of my life--never been in an earthquake before! I honestly could not comprehend what was going on....until shit started falling from the ceiling and everyone was running outside. Crazy stuff.

DodgeEvo · Post by **DodgeEvo** » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:55 pm

Not to high jack a thread, how about hurricane irene coming up the east coast.