My first time
I've just experienced my first earthquake today. It was already very weak when it got here - I just flt my desk move because my arms were lying on it but it was moving. The floor trembled and the desk moved sideways. It wasn't even enough to move anything that was on the desk and my friend who was standing only noticed because buffer in gel boxes started to move but it was my first one ever. The first moment was the most noticable but it lasted for a while. Enough for everyone to start discussing it.
My friend who spent past 4 years in Japan makes fun of us now but everyone in the building started to ask "Did you feel it?" almost immediately. Then we went online to check if we weren't just imaging this because in our time just experiencing something doesn't make it real - it has to be on the 'net too. It turned out that this was 5.8 earthquake originating in Virginia and, not only it was first such a strong earthquake in Virginia since 19th century, but it was also felt in Carolinas, New York, Ohio and even in Toronto.
I'm too far away for any damage to occure anywhere near. From the first reports even closer to the epicenter the damage is not bad. Still after Japan, the fact that a nuclear power plant went to shutdown and now is using backup diesel generators to keep the cooling systems running is scarier then the earthquake itself.
Great first hurricanes then tornadoes now this. Europe seems so nice an quiet now. Even with the random floods and volcano ash.
EDIT: io9 has more on why it was felt so far away from epicentre.
My friend who spent past 4 years in Japan makes fun of us now but everyone in the building started to ask "Did you feel it?" almost immediately. Then we went online to check if we weren't just imaging this because in our time just experiencing something doesn't make it real - it has to be on the 'net too. It turned out that this was 5.8 earthquake originating in Virginia and, not only it was first such a strong earthquake in Virginia since 19th century, but it was also felt in Carolinas, New York, Ohio and even in Toronto.
I'm too far away for any damage to occure anywhere near. From the first reports even closer to the epicenter the damage is not bad. Still after Japan, the fact that a nuclear power plant went to shutdown and now is using backup diesel generators to keep the cooling systems running is scarier then the earthquake itself.
Great first hurricanes then tornadoes now this. Europe seems so nice an quiet now. Even with the random floods and volcano ash.
EDIT: io9 has more on why it was felt so far away from epicentre.