Earthquake? (work, pizza, plaza)

[SteelCityRising]

I didn't feel a thing out of the ordinary at my primary work site in East Liberty; however, several of my customers reported feeling the earthquake in both Oakland and Homewood. I lived in Virginia during the earthquake they had last year, and it woke me up shortly before I was scheduled to wake up anyways for work. The vibrations felt like a truck was driving past my apartment, but there was no truck. My father's office building near Scranton was evacuated.

I wonder if topography has anything to do with whether or not you'd feel an earthquake?

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by Kippy

I know that the quake was not very large and that we were far from the epicenter; however, would such a tremor as the one we felt today have any impact on abandoned mines? I am guessing that they can stand up to more than that, as I imagine that blasting, etc. during the mine's operation would have been just as jarring.

Probably. We'll find out when someone's house drops into a mine or a parking lot caves in. It's just a fact of life when you live in Anthracite territory.

[greg42]

I don't think the topography really has a lot (maybe not no bearing, but not a lot). I can say out of 5 of us in the office, one person claims not to have felt it at all. The only interesting thing about that is the rest of us were a little bit closer to one of the short ends of the rectangular-shaped building. But still, not appreciably, not enough to explain the difference. So there has to be a fair amount of difference in detecting this which can vary from person to person.

This thing was felt in Maine. That's apparently the nature of the Earth's crust in Eastern North America, based on a few things I read/heard earlier.

[Craziaskowboi]

Originally Posted by Caladium

Plus, Irene is supposed to blow through on Sunday. OK, who ticked off mother nature????

Mother Nature just got a giant bug up her ass this year. Consider...

January-July 2011 - Driest seven-month period in Texas history

February 1-2, 2011 - Giant blizzard from Texas to New England via the Great Lakes

March 11, 2011 - Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan

April 2011 - Most tornadoes and tornado-induced fatalities ever in a single month

April 27-28, 2011 - Most violent tornado outbreak in U.S. history, and deadliest since 1936

May-June 2011 - Major flooding along the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

May 22, 2011 - Deadliest tornado since 1953

June-August 2011 - Worst heat wave in the southern Great Plains since 1980

July 2011 - Hottest month in U.S. history

July 20-23, 2011 - Worst heat wave in the Northeast and Midwest since 1995

August 23, 2011 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Virginia

August 29, 2011? - Hurricane Irene makes landfall somewhere as a Category 3+?

By the way, be glad you don't live in Joplin, MO. They received 17" of snow in a blizzard on February 1, got smashed by an EF5 tornado on May 22 (160 fatalities), and set an all-time record high for the month of August on August 2 (110 degrees). They deserve a tranquil fall.

[ThePointYouMissedMe]

Originally Posted by Gerania

Probably. We'll find out when someone's house drops into a mine or a parking lot caves in. It's just a fact of life when you live in Anthracite territory.

Southwestern PA is bituminous coal, not anthracite.

[gg]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Mother Nature just got a giant bug up her ass this year. Consider...

January-July 2011 - Driest seven-month period in Texas history
February 1-2, 2011 - Giant blizzard from Texas to New England via the Great Lakes
March 11, 2011 - Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan
April 2011 - Most tornadoes and tornado-induced fatalities ever in a single month
April 27-28, 2011 - Most violent tornado outbreak in U.S. history, and deadliest since 1936
May-June 2011 - Major flooding along the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers
May 22, 2011 - Deadliest tornado since 1953
June-August 2011 - Worst heat wave in the southern Great Plains since 1980
July 2011 - Hottest month in U.S. history
July 20-23, 2011 - Worst heat wave in the Northeast and Midwest since 1995
August 23, 2011 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Virginia
August 29, 2011? - Hurricane Irene makes landfall somewhere as a Category 3+?

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Late summer in Pittsburgh: Beautiful!!!!!

[hempfield mania]

Dec. 21, 2012 can't get here soon enough.

[ElectricCityMan]

[irishvan]

I love this so much.

THIS being the pic electriccityman posted.

[Katarina Witt]

Originally Posted by Gnutella

Mother Nature just got a giant bug up her ass this year. Consider...

January-July 2011 - Driest seven-month period in Texas history

February 1-2, 2011 - Giant blizzard from Texas to New England via the Great Lakes

March 11, 2011 - Magnitude 9.0 earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan

April 2011 - Most tornadoes and tornado-induced fatalities ever in a single month

April 27-28, 2011 - Most violent tornado outbreak in U.S. history, and deadliest since 1936

May-June 2011 - Major flooding along the Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri Rivers

May 22, 2011 - Deadliest tornado since 1953

June-August 2011 - Worst heat wave in the southern Great Plains since 1980

July 2011 - Hottest month in U.S. history

July 20-23, 2011 - Worst heat wave in the Northeast and Midwest since 1995

August 23, 2011 - Magnitude 6.0 earthquake in Virginia

August 29, 2011? - Hurricane Irene makes landfall somewhere as a Category 3+?

By the way, be glad you don't live in Joplin, MO. They received 17" of snow in a blizzard on February 1, got smashed by an EF5 tornado on May 22 (160 fatalities), and set an all-time record high for the month of August on August 2 (110 degrees). They deserve a tranquil fall.

All but forgotten in the hoopla over the Virginia earthquake:

Midnight 5.3 earthquake near Trinidad felt in Colorado Springs - Colorado Springs Gazette, CO

Earthquake on the CO/NM border about 10 hours earlier.