Who All Felt It?

Updated on August 24, 2011
T.S. asks from Roanoke, VA
23 answers

The 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Mineral VA?
I was sitting in class, an interesting second day of school I must say

What can I do next?

  • Add yourAnswer own comment
  • Ask your own question Add Question
  • Join the Mamapedia community Mamapedia
  • as inappropriate
  • this with your friends

Featured Answers

C.W.

answers from Lynchburg on

Hi teen-

well...rocky mount was 'rockin'!!

Carol King's song keeps running thru my head...lol
"I feel the earth move under my feet
I feel the sky tumbeling down... tumbeling down..."

Michele/cat

3 moms found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

E.T.

answers from Denver on

We are about 40 miles from epicenter and we felt it!! It's was crazy shaking-- woke my son up from his nap!

2 moms found this helpful

More Answers

C.C.

answers from San Francisco on

Just glad it wasn't us, for a change. ;)

8 moms found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

T.H.

answers from Kansas City on

Wow! Crazy! I hadn't heard this, and since Mamapedia is my general source of all news lately, I'm glad you posted it! ;) AND I'm glad you're okay!

3 moms found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

L.S.

answers from San Francisco on

Very glad that everyone seems to be okay. Being from CA I am as used to earthquakes as I can be. I can't imagine how unsettling it must have been for folks on the east coast!

Updated

Very glad that everyone seems to be okay. Being from CA I am as used to earthquakes as I can be. I can't imagine how unsettling it must have been for folks on the east coast!

2 moms found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

M.M.

answers from Los Angeles on

Thank you for the posting so I could check on my dear friend and her family that live there. I just did. She and family are fine.
Hope everyone else there is ok!

2 moms found this helpful

H.S.

answers from Cincinnati on

I did. I work on a higher floor in a hospital, and felt a swaying feeling more so than shaking. It was weird. No one on the low floors felt it.

2 moms found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

J.G.

answers from New York on

I live near the Delaware Water Gap in New Jersey and the quake was still strong enough to wake up my toddler from his nap.

2 moms found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

L.P.

answers from Pittsfield on

Neither my husband nor I felt it, but my husband said some of the people with desk jobs- and patients in hospital beds did. We're in western Massachusetts, btw.

1 mom found this helpful

L.B.

answers from New York on

I didn't feel it, but friends felt it in New Haven, CT

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

J.B.

answers from Boston on

I didn't feel it, but reportedly those in taller building in Boston did.

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

K.M.

answers from Chicago on

Hubby in VA
Friend in NJ

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

D.P.

answers from Pittsburgh on

Felt it in Pittsburgh...I asked this earlier.
Weird feeling!

1 mom found this helpful

M.D.

answers from Washington DC on

We did!! Southern Maryland. I was driving with my kiddo's :). And I heard it was felt as far north as Martha's Vineyard and as far west as Detroit!!

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

A.V.

answers from Washington DC on

We did here! Nice rattle and roll, and I knew immediately it was bigger than last year. I don't like them, and our buildings are not built to the right code for them, so I hope this isn't a trend.

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

A.B.

answers from Indianapolis on

Felt it in Indianapolis!...

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

R.C.

answers from Nashville on

Nothing in Middle Tennessee!

1 mom found this helpful

R.A.

answers from Providence on

I felt it. I was sitting on my couch and suddenly felt this sensation that my couch was moving. It was the strangest thing. I live in Rhode Island. My brother, who works in D.C. thought someone was kicking his chair in the back. He said it got worse. All of his colleagues were looking around. He said it was the craziest thing!

1 mom found this helpful

J.F.

answers from Philadelphia on

felt it in the suburbs outside of philly

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

R.M.

answers from Washington DC on

Was at a Dr. appointment in Arlington - building evacuated - at least I had already gotten dressed again! Traffic on the beltway was already getting bad at 2:30 and by 4 traffic a mess even in our neighborhood. Poor husband stuck somewhere on a bus - Metro running at low speeds until all tracks can be checked - besides he wasn't keen about being under ground. Still no cell phone service, but have been able to reach all my people by FB of all things. Really feeling bad for those dependent on MARC train service - they've shut down for the day. Also really sad to hear National Cathedral has been damaged.

1 mom found this helpful
Smallavatar-fefd015f3e6a23a79637b7ec8e9ddaa6

J.C.

answers from Rockford on

People here in northern Illinois in taller buildings felt it.

1 mom found this helpful

B.F.

answers from Toledo on

Toledo Ohio felt it, thought someone came up and shook my chair!

1 mom found this helpful

J.C.

answers from Columbus on

Here all the way up in mid Ohio!

In the car in traffic. I thought: wow, that's a strong wind whipping by. Nope, the trees aren't moving. Is the car behind me nudging me while I wait here at the red light? Nope. No one behind me.

Weird.

1 mom found this helpful
For Updates and Special Promotions
Follow Us

Related Questions