Terremoto!
Aug. 23rd, 2011 02:05 pmSo, um... that was an earthquake just now.
Seriously, there was a 5.9 down in Virginia, and I felt it up here (in my office on the 6th floor) in upstate New York. And through the magic of the internet, I find out that folks as far east as Boston and as far west as Ohio and Michigan felt it.
Or, here: have a map
A bit disorienting, since I've never actually felt an earthquake before, so there was a moment of sheer 'what is that?' before I was a good student and got in the doorway. Partially to gawk as everyone else tried to figure out what that was. But it was really minor -- folks on the ground didn't feel it.
Seriously, there was a 5.9 down in Virginia, and I felt it up here (in my office on the 6th floor) in upstate New York. And through the magic of the internet, I find out that folks as far east as Boston and as far west as Ohio and Michigan felt it.
Or, here: have a map
A bit disorienting, since I've never actually felt an earthquake before, so there was a moment of sheer 'what is that?' before I was a good student and got in the doorway. Partially to gawk as everyone else tried to figure out what that was. But it was really minor -- folks on the ground didn't feel it.