mechana2015 (post: 1499162) wrote:A 6 isn't big enough to trigger a tsunami.
mechana2015 (post: 1499171) wrote:It's on CNN as a 5.8, Wikipedia as a 5.9. It'll be interesting to see waht the actual conclusion is, since ever .2 on the scale is a 100% increase in the strength of the quake, which means FOX literally reported twice as strong an incident as CNN.
Ally-Ann (post: 1499163) wrote:And dude, your parents live at Ft. Eustis?! I lived there for three stinkin' years! Epicness.
I was screaming like a maniac to my family, "GET IN THE DOORJAM!!!!!"
Nate (post: 1499181) wrote:While this is true in California, buildings on the east coast are not built to earthquake codes because they happen so rarely. Standing in a doorway will not protect you in an earthquake, it is not a structurally strong point of the building, and any engineer will tell you that. Again, in California, I believe they have rounded door frames which DO help protect, but square door frames are useless and you will get crushed just as easily under one of them.
Cognitive Gear wrote:
What's strange to me is that this is no where near a known fault line. I wonder what the cause was? It looks like a smaller earthquake happened in the same area not too long ago, so I suppose that I have some research to do.
Roy Mustang (post: 1499190) wrote:It was near a fault line.
http://www.virginiaplaces.org/geology/quake.html
What a lot of people don't know is, there are a few fault lines around the The Blue Ridge Mts. in Virginia and The Alleghenies in Pennsylvania. Ga has three fault lines, which we had 6.0 to hit near Gainesville Ga in the 60's and about wipe the whole town out.
http://www.gaearthquakeinsurance.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/georgia.jpg
The fault line in the middle picture of the state of Ga is the one that runs up to Va.
Nate (post: 1499181) wrote:But yeah, AP is saying 6.0, which makes this the biggest quake we've had in this area, and it was felt as far north as New York and New Jersey, and a good portion of North Carolina too.
Nate (post: 1499181) wrote: Again, in California, I believe they have rounded door frames which DO help protect, but square door frames are useless and you will get crushed just as easily under one of them.
Yuki-Anne (post: 1499243) wrote:Okay, I don't want to seem lacking in compassion, because earthquakes are scary regardless of magnitude. I'm sorry you guys had to experience something so frightening, and I hope it wakes up the east coast (and the rest of America) and they do a better job at reinforcing buildings for earthquakes. I hope there aren't any more.
But I've seen articles that call it "devastating" and show pictures of people's tipped over yogurt cups and collapsed cd shelves and whatnot. Again, I'm sorry you're frightened, but suck it up, America. You don't get to use the word "devastating" until at least one person loses their home.
...also, I'm afraid if I tell my earthquake stories it'll sound like I'm trying to one-up you guys, which I'm definitely not. So I'll just say again that yes, earthquakes are scary, and I'm definitely not lacking in empathy for you guys or thinking that you're wimps or anything because you're scared. I remember when 2 pointers used to scare me.
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