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'Micro' Earthquake Hits Northern Virginia
WJLA ^
| 05/06/2008
Posted on 05/06/2008 1:23:25 PM PDT by 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.
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; fairfaxcounty; northernvirginia; usgs
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No mention of whether this furthers the cause of separation from ROVA (the Rest of Virginia)
To: EDINVA; iceskater; xyz123; Corin Stormhands; jla; Flora McDonald; GeorgeW23225; GottaLuvAkitas1; ...
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:24:03 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: Corin Stormhands
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:25:08 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
(Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions - G.K. Chesterton)
To: Corin Stormhands
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 *-?
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:25:38 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!)
To: Corin Stormhands
It would have to be much further south to do any good.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:26:21 PM PDT
by
AdSimp
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:26:21 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: Corin Stormhands
Sounded like an explosion at the Belvoir proving ground. I’m about a half mile from there.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:26:40 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: Corin Stormhands
Must be the consequences of Gorebull Whining.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:31:47 PM PDT
by
Clint N. Suhks
(In small-town Pennsylvania, bitter ignorant anti-immigrant rednecks cling to guns & religion...BO)
To: Corin Stormhands
Richter 1.8 makes the news?
To: Corin Stormhands
Is there an active movement to do just that, separate from the rest of the state?
We could use one here in California.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:32:11 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!)
To: Corin Stormhands
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.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:32:29 PM PDT
by
arthurus
To: arthurus; The KG9 Kid
No, it’s not very big. This was more of an “oh, that’s what that was” post.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:34:41 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: NormsRevenge
Just a lot of wishful thinking.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:34:57 PM PDT
by
Corin Stormhands
(What if Tony Almeida is the 12th Cylon?)
To: Corin Stormhands
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.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:35:21 PM PDT
by
PUGACHEV
To: Clint N. Suhks
Must be the consequences of Gorebull Whining.
To: muawiyah
Didn’t feel anything up here in Mclean. Figures. :-/
To: Corin Stormhands
for some states, it would make sense to do so. oh well.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:37:14 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE’s toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!)
To: Corin Stormhands
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.
To: Brian C. Ledbetter
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:43:25 PM PDT
by
muawiyah
To: 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.Michael Moore fell off a stepladder, perhaps?
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:44:00 PM PDT
by
lesser_satan
(Vote McCain - The Choice who Sucks Less!)
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