Just had an earthquake in Richmond, Virgina.

Lasted about 30 to 40 seconds.

Second one I have ever been in.

My secretary is going bonkers as she is from Pittsburg and they don't have earthquakes.

Last one messed up the sheet rock in a few of my home's rooms. Will check for damage when I get home.

It was kool!!!!

So you California guys, how many have you been through?

Here to in Caroline. I just posted as well didn't see any. It was freaky. I don't think I could deal with that living elsewhere. I would like to know when the last one in VA was recorded?

http://www.virginiaplaces.org/geology/quake.html

Virginia is pretty stable, but just about any place in the state can experience an earthquake. Manassas was hit by a surprise tremor in 1997, and an equivalent earthquake was felt in Culpeper (which is in the same Triassic basin as Manassas) two months earlier.

From that website.

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We felt it up here in Vermont and my cousin outside of Ottawa Ontario felt it as well...

It didn't cause any damage did it? Has anyone heard anything on the news? How many states did it cross?

Wow my wife just txted me saying she thougth we had one here in medina,ny(45min from buffalo). I'm at work 4 miles from home and didn't feel a thing lol I told her she was nuts haha

5.8 Magnitude, just outside DC.

I felt it at 1:54 EDT about 20 miles north west of NYC.

From WTVR.com

RICHMOND, VA (WTVR) – An earthquake shook Central Virginia just after 1:50 p.m. Tuesday.

According to the National Earthquake Information Center, a 5.8 magnitude quake took place at 1:51 p.m. in Virginia.

Haha yeah it lasted for a good 45 seconds here in Stafford, My house was shaking like crazy. It was pretty intense. I didn't know VA quaked. Im not gonna lie I was pretty scared, I thought it was like a terrorist attack at first.

Earthquake + Hurricane Irene = End of the World !

I was at work and all the rods starting shaking and smacking into eachother it was epic!!!!! :D

Felt it up here, too.

Supposedly there was one recorded in 2004 in Va from what DC fox news said when I looked online. They also said no damage so far. DR. Michael Blanpied says wouldn't be surprise to face aftershocks but should be smaller. http://www.myfoxdc.com/dpp/news/local/earthquake-dc-maryland-virginia-071610

They said it was felt from Raleigh N.C to NY.

http://img.ibtimes.com/www/site/article/202635.htm

Felt it here at work in Germantown, MD. Didn't seem to last that long, guessing MAYBE 15-20 seconds. Was real comforting looking over at the ceiling watching the air system shake! Glad I wasn't under it!

felt it here just north of syracuse ny. had one up here last year about the same time of year, that one came from ottawa

i was standing at the sink washing my hands when the whole house started shaking. it was freaky as hell. never experienced an earthquake before.

Unimpressed by earthquake. Unimpressed by everyone tweeting and FB'n it. Lame.

Unimpressed by your predictability, LOL.

Felt it hear in Tyrone PA.,shook the house pretty good.

Unimpressed by your predictability, LOL.

I just dont get it. Like, Do you know how many earthquakes there were today already? 16. And the day is not over yet. And yes there is one small one(ok fine "mild") on the east coast and they internet has a seizure. There was a 6.0 in Sumatra yesterday and did you see any status updates from jungle people freakin out saying "OMG I WAS IN A TREE WACKING COCONUTZ WHEN I FELTZ ITZ!!" No. Because there are literally dozens if not more earthquakes that happen everyday. For God's sake there was 13 in Colorado alone in the past 27 hours!

And if you are unimpressed with my predictability or my vast knowledge of earthquakes:

Felt it pretty strong in Pa. Felt like my office was going to fall onto the road (Electric Ave.... Yeah, laugh it up, I work on the street in the song... I called the Electric Company one day and they had a hayday with it). Lasted about 15 seconds. Up next, Yellowstone eruption! muahahaha

And if you are unimpressed with my predictability or my vast knowledge of earthquakes:

lawls.

just wait til you have one in the middle of the night. Happened about 1.5 years ago here in socal...that was unsettling

Unimpressed by your predictability, LOL.

+5 bandwagon effect!?

My friend was sitting in his Bass Catt getting ready for a tournament tomorrow and he said the entire boat started to shake.

He had no idea what was going on until he figured out it was an earthquake.

If you hear him tell the story it is very funny.

P.S. Can you imagine what people having sex thought? The entire room, etc. shaking. Fantastic!!!!!

J, your response is epic!!!!!