Earthquake in VA

[Richard Jones]

This has been my experience every time I've eaten at Taco Bell.

Classic!!! Love it!!!

[Dennis Simmons]

Yes, you read that correctly. 5.8 quake just recorded. I was sanding a bowl on the lathe in my basement. Very scary. No amount of sand or concrete ballast would have prevented my lathe from shaking!!!!

Did I mention it was very scary?

Rich (and I thought unbalanced roughouts were bad...........) in VA

Elvis bowl, All Shook Up!!!!

[Jim Heikes]

I was removing a tenon from an 18" walnut bowl when my 3520B started walking. As they say........nice CATCH. The bowl flew off the lathe in 3 pretty pieces. No more turning during an earthquake I guess.

[ray hampton]

I never felt the quake and am glad that all lives were spared

[Cathy Schaewe]

I felt it here in upstate NY .... my office is on the top floor of an 18-story building, and the furniture and lamps started to shake.

[Robert McGowen]

I was removing a tenon from an 18" walnut bowl when my 3520B started walking. As they say........nice CATCH. The bowl flew off the lathe in 3 pretty pieces. No more turning during an earthquake I guess.

Yea, yea, that's it.... There was this earthquake.... and then.... yea, the eathquake did it....

I'l have to remember this one for my next catch.

[curtis rosche]

i was welding steel and didnt feel a thing, but it probably happened right when i dropped a beam, not sure though cause i wasnt lookin at the clock and didnt feel the floor move, other than what i dropped

[Jeff Bartley]

Hey Roger,
Were you at the taco bell on 33? If so I was driving right by you when the quake struck....unfortunately for me I was driving and didn't even notice it! I still can't believed I missed it!
And one day I will make it to a turning meeting!

[Roger Chandler]

Hey Roger,
Were you at the taco bell on 33? If so I was driving right by you when the quake struck....unfortunately for me I was driving and didn't even notice it! I still can't believed I missed it!
And one day I will make it to a turning meeting!

Jeff,

I was at the one on South Main.........next to the McDonalds. When you gonna join us for one of the turners meetings?

[Steve Vaughan]

Yup, house shook really hard here in Chesterfield, another tremor as I type this right now. 8:05 p.m. A long tremor.

Weird, I was replying when that tremor just hit. We had a hard shake and the sound was as loud as a chopper landing on top of the house. Epicenter was just a few miles NW of Richmond, a town called mineral. They had quite a bit of damage with some brick walls coming down, a few chimneys on the end of houses.

[Jim Burr]

USGS teams are heading out to asses buildings now. Injuries were minimal. Last reported EQ of any size was about 3.9...5.8, which is what was determined, is about 10,000x as strong as a 3.9. EQ's are not measured in a sequentially or exponentially, so this had the potential of being a little rough. Hope everyone in the zone is doing well!

[Dan Hintz]

Felt an aftershock around 8 last night...