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Old 08-23-2011, 12:44 PM
 
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I think I did! I was sitting in the parking lot at my kid's school. It almost felt like I was sitting on an overpass for about 5 seconds. I actually looked to see if I had parked on a drainage grate. I didn't realize it was possibly an earthquake until I just read the news. Weird. It was between 155-2ish. Right? It was nothing that made me feel alarmed though...small but odd.
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Old 08-23-2011, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Not where I want to be
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I've been going fron one east coast state forum to another reporting it was felt in Plymouth. Mass too. I see it was felt in Toronto also! To me, that is MASSIVE!!!
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Old 08-23-2011, 02:14 PM
 
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Pictures of the devastation are starting to roll in.

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Old 08-23-2011, 02:26 PM
 
Location: Richmond,VA
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That's funny!
I'm in Richmond VA and it shook our 9 floor office building pretty good for about 10-15 seconds.
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Old 08-23-2011, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Mount Pleasant
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It looks like a Category *1* Chair earthquate

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Pictures of the devastation are starting to roll in.
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Old 08-23-2011, 03:42 PM
 
Location: Nantahala National Forest, NC
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Same here...felt SOMETHING briefly but it did not register as an EQ (in my mind...)




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I think I did! I was sitting in the parking lot at my kid's school. It almost felt like I was sitting on an overpass for about 5 seconds. I actually looked to see if I had parked on a drainage grate. I didn't realize it was possibly an earthquake until I just read the news. Weird. It was between 155-2ish. Right? It was nothing that made me feel alarmed though...small but odd.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Mount Pleasant, SC
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I didn't notice anything but my dogs went completely nuts.
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Old 08-23-2011, 04:51 PM
 
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I was sitting at my desk in Mt. Pleasant and did not feel a thing.
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Old 08-23-2011, 11:25 PM
 
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I work downtown and we felt it. I thought there was something wrong with me at first because my chair "felt" like it was moving! We went outside for a few minutes because we didn't know what was going on.
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Old 08-24-2011, 01:39 AM
 
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Tom,

This is LVBuzzbear writing from the Lehigh Valley PA (home in Cane Bay). I was sitting in my car, engine off, reading my mail. Right before 2 PM I felt the first jolt and then quickly another one. I looked to see if someone was shaking the car. I didn't realize it was a quake until I got a call 5 minutes later. I have felt earthquakes before here in PA but they are usually 3.0. This was an unusual one.

I hope Irene goes further out to sea. We are only suppose to see heavy rains Saturday night/ Sunday.

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