'Micro' Earthquake Hits Northern Virginia

WJLA ^ | 05/06/2008

[Corin Stormhands]

The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed an earthquake shook parts of Northern Virginia Tuesday afternoon.

A magnitude 1.8 "micro" earthquake occurred one mile WSW of Annandale, Va. at 1:30 p.m approximately 6.2 miles below ground.

[Corin Stormhands]

No mention of whether this furthers the cause of separation from ROVA (the Rest of Virginia)

[Corin Stormhands]

Virginia ping

[pgkdan]

One can only hope.

[NormsRevenge]

1.8. whewwwww..ee....Where’s muh nitro pills, Mabel, that was a big ‘un.

Jefferson spinning in his grave over the state of the Republic, perhaps *-?

[AdSimp]

It would have to be much further south to do any good.

[Corin Stormhands]

It’s a start. :-)

[muawiyah]

Sounded like an explosion at the Belvoir proving ground. I’m about a half mile from there.

[Clint N. Suhks]

Must be the consequences of Gorebull Whining.

[The KG9 Kid]

Richter 1.8 makes the news?

[NormsRevenge]

Is there an active movement to do just that, separate from the rest of the state?

We could use one here in California.

[arthurus]

These “earthquakes” happen everywhere in the country, even in Florida. It is just fashionable to get concerned about them now because of the recent unusual larger tremors in the midwest. 1.8 is probably a somewhat weaker disturbance than a not very close sonic boom.

[Corin Stormhands]

No, it’s not very big. This was more of an “oh, that’s what that was” post.

[Corin Stormhands]

Just a lot of wishful thinking.

[PUGACHEV]

Yup, I was at the epicenter. It was very, very, odd: there was a low-frequency and distant “boom” accompanied by an steady, powerfull, vibration felt through the building and the air that lasted for about three seconds. It did not sound like an explosion or thunder because there was no sharp “crack”; it sounded rather like someone had dropped and an enormous object on the ground far away. Afterward, it was unnaturally quite outside.

[Red Steel]

Must be the consequences of Gorebull Whining.

[Brian C. Ledbetter]

Didn’t feel anything up here in Mclean. Figures. :-/

[NormsRevenge]

for some states, it would make sense to do so. oh well.

[Our man in washington]

Super-hard trivia question: what seventies hit pop song used the word “Annandale” and made a reference to earthquakes in the same line?

It could be an omen.

[muawiyah]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Quakes/ld1022071.php

[lesser_satan]

Yup, I was at the epicenter. It was very, very, odd: there was a low-frequency and distant “boom” accompanied by an steady, powerfull, vibration felt through the building and the air that lasted for about three seconds. It did not sound like an explosion or thunder because there was no sharp “crack”; it sounded rather like someone had dropped and an enormous object on the ground far away. Afterward, it was unnaturally quite outside.

Michael Moore fell off a stepladder, perhaps?