Earthquake in DC

[Libertytree]

No links yet......must've been someone in .gov did something honest.

5.8 mag in Virginia.

Felt in NY.

They're freakin'.

Edit request: could a mod put an R in eathquake? lol.

[Spectrism]

Long overdue. When it goes over 9.0, then we will be in the right range.

[keehah]

http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/128259393.html

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pentagon being evacuated after possible earthquake felt in Washington area.

Another strange quake today in the US:

NYTimes: Rare Strong Earthquake Hits Colorado (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24earthquake.html)
By KIRK JOHNSON Published: August 23, 2011

DENVER — The largest natural earthquake in Colorado in more than a century struck Monday night in the state’s southeast corner, but there had been no reports of damage or injuries.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 and centered about nine miles from the city of Trinidad, hit at 11:46 p.m. local time. It was felt as far away as Greeley, about 350 miles north, and into Kansas and New Mexico, said Julie Dutton, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.

Colorado, with its mix of mountains and plains, sits astride a seismically stable part of the nation where earthquakes are mostly mild and far between. But the area around Trinidad is regularly hit by tiny quakes as a result of a local fault zone, Ms. Dutton said.

She said that while Colorado has experienced several earthquakes close to Monday’s size in recent decades — a magnitude 5.3 near Denver in 1967 and a magnitude 5.7 in the state’s northwest corner in 1973 — both of those quakes were ultimately determined to have been caused by human activity, from explosives or drilling.

The last known natural event of comparable size was an earthquake in 1882 in what is now Rocky Mountain National Park, several hours northwest of Denver. That quake, based on historical reports, was about a magnitude 6.5, Ms. Dutton said.
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God does not seem pleased with DC right now.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Hurricane-Irene-Could-Delay-King-Dedication-128244763.html

Hurricane Irene is hurtling toward the East Coast and could possibly force a delay in Sunday’s long-planned dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall.

[MNeagle]

Headlines & some links here: Pentagon evacuated!

http://www.breakingnews.com/

[Celtic Rogue]

Totally freaked me out... I have lived near dc my whole life and never felt one before. I hope its done and no aftershocks

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

819

[Dogman]

Hummm?

Wonder if any fracking has been going on in both areas?


Probably!

[sunshine05]

I felt it in Raleigh, NC. I have friends who felt it in NY.

[mick silver]

it look all the caves they have been building to hide in gave way

[Twisted Titan]

some body let there kid play with the HARRP. machine while the parents where out sociolizing

[mick silver]

District of Columbia


Earthquake History

No historical earthquake has been centered within the District of Columbia.
Ground vibrations from earthquakes in such seismic regions as the St. Lawrence River Valley, Missouri, Ohio, Virginia, and South Carolina have been felt by D.C. residents, but have caused no damage. A great earthquake which did considerable damage at Guadeloupe, West Indies, was felt in the Eastern United States, especially at Washington, D.C., in 1843.
The earliest shock that may have affected some sections of Washington occurred on April 24, 1758. Its probable center was near Annapolis, Maryland, and it was felt into Pennsylvania.
A sequence of great earthquakes occurred in the Mississippi Embayment in 1811 and 1812. (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1811-1812.php) They were noticed by people over an area of 2 million square miles, including the District of Columbia. District residents were "badly frightened" according to old records.

An earthquake in March 1828 was felt over a wide area, including seven Eastern States and the District of Columbia. Although no damage occurred, it was reported to be "violent" in D.C. and Baltimore, Maryland. John Quincy Adams, then President of the United States, left the following account in his diary of the occurrence as he observed the shock at the White House:
March 9, 1828. There was this evening the shock of an earthquake, the first which I ever distinctly noticed at the moment when it happened. I was writing in this book, when the table began to shake under my hand and the floor under my feet. The window shutters rattled as if shaken by the wind, and there was a momentary sensation as of the heaving of a ship on the waves. It continued about two minutes, then ceased. It was about eleven at night. I immediately left writing, and went to my bedchamber, where my wife was in bed, much alarmed. A moderate shock with probably epicenter in Virginia was felt in D.C. on April 29, 1852. It caused no damage in the District, but downed at least one chimney at Wytheville, Virginia.

A moderate shock in August 1861, probably centered in Virginia or North Carolina, was felt along the Atlantic coast from the District to South Carolina. Throughout most of the area, it was strong enough to awaken people, and to rattle doors and windows. Two shocks, at five second intervals, were noted at D.C.
A shock in September 1884 near Columbus, Ohio, was distinctly felt by District workmen on top of the then unfinished Washington Monument, 500 feet above ground. The tremor caused light effects in Ohio, Indiana, and parts of adjacent States.
A Virginia earthquake in October 1885 was felt strongly at Staunton and Lexington, and was claimed to have been felt by at least one perceptive person in Washington, D.C. The shock sent people running from buildings near its center, and shook furniture and windows.
The destructive South Carolina shock in August 1886 (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states/events/1886_09_01.php) was probably felt by D.C. residents. At Alexandria, Virginia, there was considerable alarm, and many rushed into the streets. It killed 60 Charleston, South Carolina, citizens and caused heavy property damage. It is speculated that its magnitude was at least 7 on the Richter scale. An aftershock on October 22 was also felt north to D.C.
A tremor in May 1897, more popularly known as the Giles County (Virginia) earthquake, was felt in D.C. Near its epicenter (Pearisburg area), old brick houses and chimneys were cracked, bricks were thrown from chimney tops, and slight ground fissures were noted. This was the strongest earthquake in Virginia's history.
A moderate tremor in the Luray, Virginia, area in April 1918 reportedly broke windows in D.C. Earth sounds were heard over a very large area. Windows broke and plaster badly cracked in Shenandoah Valley.
A magnitude 7 earthquake in Canada's St. Lawrence River region shook a 2 million square mile area in February 1925. The felt area included Washington, D.C.
Another Canadian earthquake in November 1935 caused minor damage in New York and was felt south to Washington. The magnitude 6 1/4 tremor shook U.S. residents from Maine to Wisconsin.

[DMac]

It was felt in NY - reported by my friend in wall street and my building in mid town just shook, doorways/windows shook a bit violently.

whoa!

[Twisted Titan]

Just felt a 10 secs afterschock here in NJ

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Mick's got mad google-fu skillz


Just felt a 10 secs afterschock here in NJ

As in ANOTHER ONE? :o

[Cebu_4_2]

Long overdue. When it goes over 9.0, then we will be in the right range.

Hahaha AMEN!

[DMac]

The people in my building are freaking out

[sunshine05]

Okay, with one in CO and VA my conspiracy theory self is wondering???:)

[Libertytree]

Why the hell couldn't this happen during the Patriot Act/TARP/Obamacare votes? Imagine the fear.

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Okay, with one in CO and VA my conspiracy theory self is wondering???:)

yeah.. both capitols hit....

[MNeagle]

upgraded to 5.9 now

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005ild.html

[k-os]

yeah.. both capitols hit....

whoa.

[mick silver]

what every happen in dc is now doing it to gold an silver.so far nothing here in ky to report

[MNeagle]

& obummer out of town
Biden still in Japan?
Congress critters in Israel

[MNeagle]

NYMEX trading has been halted as the building has been evacuated - CNBC

(http://www.streetinsider.com/General+News/NYMEX+trading+has+been+halted,+building+evacuated+-CNBC/6737870.html)

[Dogman]

Both areas are in oil and gas producing territory. Betting both were caused by oil and gas production/pumping.
Smells like fracking.

[gunny highway]

maybe the rumors are true about JPM and BOA. these earthquakes and the hurricane will dominate the news for the next few days while JPM takes over BOA, all stealth-like. everyone will be distracted by all these naturally occurring, albeit frightening, events. yet what they should really be scared about is the merger of two of the biggest banking powers in the US, powers that can wreak immeasurable damage and ruin upon us.

[Spectrism]

Very unusual...makes ya think the continent is getting ready to split apart.
ELENIN? Brown dwarf star really is coming?
New Madrid next?

There may turn up some "scientific" explanation, but the doom in the air is palpable.

The people in DC were spraying themselves with this:

http://www.ushopzambia.com/media/55613011.JPG

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

Doom Spray...

LOL

[DMac]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005ild.php

Earthquake Details

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude
5.9
Date-Time
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location
37.975°N, 77.969°W
Depth
1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region
VIRGINIA
Distances
45 km (27 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia
55 km (34 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia
64 km (39 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia
82 km (50 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
Parameters
NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°,
M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source
Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID
usc0005ild


http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_all.php

[DMac]

Kennedy & Newark airports currently closed.

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

ROFL... the Front page of GLP is SOLID EQ PINS

LMAO - 90 Threads.... 90

[big country]

I felt it here in North Central West Virginia, not a lot but it did give us a shake too.

[mick silver]

after shocks ...

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

I hope there are no injuries.


that said

I have to:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CArWivYt208

[vacuum]

Anyone feeling nauseous after that? People up here in northern New England felt the quake and are reporting a sick feeling. I didn't feel the quake but I feel a little pukey.
I think earthquakes are preceded and accompanied by scalar waves, which interact biologically. That's my guess for the sick feeling.

Other explanations would be the release of subterranean gasses or just the physical oscillations, but I think those are low. You said you didn't even feel any shaking.

What does it feel like exactly? like stomach nausea that you'd take pepto bismol for?

[Ares]

D.C. Police Officer: There’s Concern That Washington Monument May Be Tilting Following 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake

Megyn Kelly just shared word that a D.C. police officer told a Fox News producer that there is concern that the Washington Monument may tilting following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake.

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/08/23/d-c-police-officer-theres-concern-that-washington-monument-may-be-tilting-following-5-9-magnitude-earthquake/

[Libertytree]

There's a report that the Washington Monument is leaning.

[vacuum]

It felt like I had been in the dentists office at first. Then maybe 15 minutes after I started getting that kind of metallic, watery mouth, that precedes puking for me. Did not puke though. Feeling better now.
Did you have any feelings before the quake or just during and after?

Also, I guess the feeling was centered around your head rather than stomach?

[JJ.G0ldD0t]

D.C. Police Officer: There’s Concern That Washington Monument May Be Tilting Following 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake

Megyn Kelly just shared word that a D.C. police officer told a Fox News producer that there is concern that the Washington Monument may tilting following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake.

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2011/08/23/d-c-police-officer-theres-concern-that-washington-monument-may-be-tilting-following-5-9-magnitude-earthquake/

Get everyone out of the way and let that nasty phallus fall!

[SWRichmond]

There's a report that the Washington Monument is leaning.

We can rebuild it for stimulus spending!

[Ares]

We can rebuild it for stimulus spending!

But only if China will loan us the money. ;D

[sirgonzo420]

There's a report that the Washington Monument is leaning.

I bet it's leaning to the left.

[milehi]

Living directly on the San Andreas Fault, a 5.9 might make me get out of bed. Maybe.

[JohnQPublic]

There's a report that the Washington Monument is leaning.

To the left?

[SLV^GLD]

I thoroughly enjoyed the quake today. It was roughly 30-45 seconds long and at first I thought there was a large piece of equipment moving outside which made no sense. I quickly guessed it to be a quake and got out of the office where shelves were threatening to fall. Standing outside was the best because although the ground was moving rather violently there was no sound to go with it. However trees, cars and other movable objects were visibly wobbling everywhere you could see.

No conspiracies or venom against TPTB; just grateful for a unique experience. All previously experienced quakes were the short, abrupt, violent type that left people wondering if they imagined it or if maybe a car had just crashed into a building. This was my 1st quake that actually met Hollywood depicted expectations.

[AndreaGail]

http://www.azfamily.com/news/national/128259393.html


Another strange quake today in the US:

NYTimes: Rare Strong Earthquake Hits Colorado (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24earthquake.html)
By KIRK JOHNSON Published: August 23, 2011

DENVER — The largest natural earthquake in Colorado in more than a century struck Monday night in the state’s southeast corner, but there had been no reports of damage or injuries.

The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 and centered about nine miles from the city of Trinidad, hit at 11:46 p.m. local time. It was felt as far away as Greeley, about 350 miles north, and into Kansas and New Mexico, said Julie Dutton, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo.

Colorado, with its mix of mountains and plains, sits astride a seismically stable part of the nation where earthquakes are mostly mild and far between. But the area around Trinidad is regularly hit by tiny quakes as a result of a local fault zone, Ms. Dutton said.

She said that while Colorado has experienced several earthquakes close to Monday’s size in recent decades — a magnitude 5.3 near Denver in 1967 and a magnitude 5.7 in the state’s northwest corner in 1973 — both of those quakes were ultimately determined to have been caused by human activity, from explosives or drilling.

The last known natural event of comparable size was an earthquake in 1882 in what is now Rocky Mountain National Park, several hours northwest of Denver. That quake, based on historical reports, was about a magnitude 6.5, Ms. Dutton said.
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God does not seem pleased with DC right now.

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Hurricane-Irene-Could-Delay-King-Dedication-128244763.html

I'm close to greeley and didnt feel a thing...

[Cebu_4_2]

Was in a waiting room from about 4-4:30pm EST, on TeeVee was MSM news coverage. All that kept cycling was how homoland security is using this to prepare for a terrorist attack, an attack which is imminent. The mayor of Detroit and head of Canadia must keep radio communication open (own frequency) Wireless phone coverage went out, people are very afraid and confused, back to homoland security and their wisdom, back to the epicenter in VA... No mention of CO at all. Interviewing people on the street (homeless?) they describe how afraid and confused everyone is. All building evacuated etc etc ed nausium.

The news coming highlights center on paying off your credit card debt with every penny you have since banks pay zero interest, off to a commercial, yes credit cards, no fees, low interest, get your credit cards from us, at least 3 difft companies.

I would rather be in solitary confinement than be constantly exposed to that MSM propaganda bullshit.

[Silver Moon Rising]

Obama: It's Bush's Fault! ;D

[Serpo]

I hope there are no injuries.


that said

I have to:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CArWivYt208

And at the end he says .............have a nice day...........haha

[BrewTech]

Living directly on the San Andreas Fault, a 5.9 might make me get out of bed. Maybe.

Exactly... evacuations?? For a 5.9? Pffff... pussies. Call me when there's a 7.0, that might raise my eyebrows a bit. ONLY a bit.

[platinumdude]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/usworld/article/215999/6/DC-Earthquake-All-Monuments-and-Memorials-Closed

Our sister station WUSA in Washington, DC, reported that the USGS has indicated the earthquake may have been a foreshock, and more may be coming.

[BrewTech]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/usworld/article/215999/6/DC-Earthquake-All-Monuments-and-Memorials-Closed

Our sister station WUSA in Washington, DC, reported that the USGS has indicated the earthquake may have been a foreshock, and more may be coming.

LOL... yeah it may have been a foreshock, or, maybe not. since the USGS is ".gov", I'm going with a line like that to mean "don't worry about the manmade disasters affecting your life! Worry about other shit! In fact stay tuned for nothing but news about the possibility of something really bad and NATURAL happening, totally unrelated to government and corporate corruption! Don't blink or you might miss it!"

[platinumdude]

http://belieber.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/2011-va-earthquake-we-will-rebuild-east-coast-damage.jpg

[Gaillo]

...Edit request: could a mod put an R in eathquake? lol.

Done.

[cortez]

Very unusual...makes ya think the continent is getting ready to split apart.
ELENIN? Brown dwarf star really is coming?
New Madrid next?

Honda-Levy is passing by now

[keehah]

http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/DC-Aftershocks-Felt-in-Central-Va-128368668.html?dr

[AP] The 5.8-magnitude earthquake Tuesday that shook people from Georgia to Canada has produced at least five aftershocks, including one at 1:07 a.m. Thursday that clocked in at a magnitude of 4.5 and woke up many people across the D.C. region.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the aftershocks around the central Virginia epicenter had ranged in magnitude from 4.5 to as little as 2.2 since the strongest earthquake to strike the East Coast since World War II.

The one that rumbled early Thursday with a magnitude 4.5 was 3.1 miles deep and was eight miles south of Mineral, Va. -- the site of the first, most-powerful 5.8-magnitude quake.

Amy Vaughan, a geophysicist with the National Earthquake Information Center in Colorado, says the number of aftershocks so far has been remarkably low.

Vaughan says the agency isn't sure what to expect, but it's likely there will be some more for days, if not weeks. Typically, the larger the quake, the longer and the greater extent of aftershocks.

[DMac]

National Zoo Animals React to the Earthquake (http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Publications/PressMaterials/PressReleases/NZP/2011/earthquake.cfm)


The vibrations from yesterday’s 5.8 earthquake were keenly felt at the Smithsonian’s National Zoological Park; all animals, staff and visitors were safe and no injuries were reported. Zoo buildings were closed to the public and checked by safety personnel for structural damage. Zoo gates were closed to incoming visitors but exits were open for guests to leave at their leisure. The Zoo reopened this morning on time.

Animal care staff recognized changes in animal behavior.
Great Apes

The earthquake hit the Great Ape House and Think Tank Exhibit during afternoon feeding time.
About five to ten seconds before the quake, many of the apes, including Kyle (an orangutan) and Kojo (a Western lowland gorilla), abandoned their food and climbed to the top of the tree-like structure in the exhibit.
About three seconds before the quake, Mandara (a gorilla) let out a shriek and collected her baby, Kibibi, and moved to the top of the tree structure as well.
Iris (an orangutan) began “belch vocalizing”—an unhappy/upset noise normally reserved for extreme irritation—before the quake and continued this vocalization following the quake.

Small Mammals

The red ruffed lemurs sounded an alarm call about 15 minutes before the quake and then again just after it occurred.
The howler monkeys sounded an alarm call just after the earthquake.
The black-and-rufous giant elephant shrew hid in his habitat and refused to come out for afternoon feeding.

Reptile Discovery Center

All the snakes began writhing during the quake (copperheads, cotton mouth, false water cobra, etc.). Normally, they remain inactive during the day.
Murphy, the Zoo’s Komodo dragon, sought shelter inside.

Invertebrates

One of the volunteers at the Invertebrate Exhibit was feeding the cuttlefish and it was not responsive. The water is normally very calm in the tank, but the earthquake caused the tank to shake and created waves, which distracted the cuttlefish during feeding.

Beavers

Keepers were feeding the beavers and hooded mergansers (a species of duck) when the earthquake hit. The ducks immediately jumped into the pool. The beavers stopped eating, stood on their hind legs and looked around, then got into the water, too. They all stayed in the water. Within an hour, some of the beavers returned to land to continue eating.

Great Cats

The lion pride was outside. They all stood still and faced the building, which rattled during the quake. All settled down within minutes.
Damai (a female Sumatran tiger) jumped at the start of the earthquake in a startled fashion. Her behavior returned to normal after the quake.

Bird House

The Zoo has a flock of 64 flamingos. Just before the quake, the birds rushed about and grouped themselves together. They remained huddled during the quake.

Front Royal

During the quake all Eld's deer and tufted deer immediately ran out of the barns and appeared agitated.
The Prezwalski’s horses and scimitar-horned oryx hardly noticed although those that were inside did amble outside eventually.
Immediately after the quake the female Eld's deer herd began alarm calling (a high staccato barking sound) until they were called by their keeper and subsequently all congregated in the corner of the pasture nearest the keeper for a short time.

Giant Pandas

According to keepers, the giant pandas did not appear to respond to the earthquake.

[Large Sarge]

August 25, 2011 posting ... word just in with seismic reports showing definitive evidence that the august 23, 2011 earth quake on the east coast of the US was man made and caused by a nuclear explosion deep underground in what appears to be virgiuia ... more on this in coming days as i will investigate ... the sources also state that CIA/MOSSAD were responsible (as i have stated previously as have others that the japanese EQs were detonations and not natural) ... when are we going to put a stop to these thugs and criminals that have been pulling false flag and more recently "natural" events and clearly using the resources of the USA federal government and military ... be sure to catch my show live tonight or if you miss the live show then listen to the show on the archive sub-page as soon as the live broadcast is over ... jim mccanney

[MNeagle]

Aftershock felt at 12:40PM Wednesday

Meteorologist Carrie Rose
2:10 p.m. EDT, October 12, 2011
A magnitude 3.0 aftershock rumbled southwest of Mineral mid-day Wednesday, the fifth largest and the 41st aftershock since the initial magnitude 5.8 earthquake on August 23, 2011. Today's aftershock occurred at 12:40 PM Wednesday, October 12 (http://folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu/recenteqs/Quakes/se101211e.html). The US Geological Survey reports this aftershock was a magnitude 3.0, located six miles southwest of Mineral, Virginia. This is in the same general area as the majority of the aftershocks have been clustered. Here is a map of the aftershock's location, with the distance measured relative to downtown Richmond:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m72V4hDYanM/TpXW3v187GI/AAAAAAAACZo/r4NU8OTZTko/s400/photoaftershockmap.JPG (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-m72V4hDYanM/TpXW3v187GI/AAAAAAAACZo/r4NU8OTZTko/s1600/photoaftershockmap.JPG)
Louisa County Middle School briefly evacuated when the aftershock occurred.
As mentioned, today's aftershock is the fifth largest since the initial 5.8 earthquake. Here's the list of strongest aftershocks:
4.5 at 1:07 AM August 25
4.2 at 8:04 PM August 23
3.4 at 12:45 PM August 23
3.4 at 5:09 AM September 1
3.0 at 12:40 PM October 12
Stay with CBS 6, we'll keep you updated.
--Meteorologist Carrie Rose


http://www.wtvr.com/weather/blog/wtvr-aftershock-felt-at-1240pm-wednesday-20111012,0,3199644.htmlstory


Are aftershocks common 7 weeks after the event??

[Joe King]

Yes. Especially in mid-plate quakes.
As example, the quakes seen in modern times at the New Madrid fault zone are considered to be aftershocks of the big earthquakes 200 years ago.

[Uncle Salty]

Cool........

[Joe King]

What is the theory behind that way of considering?
It's the accepted theory in the scientific community.

Do they know for sure? No, probably not. But the evidence suggests it.

We all know that the bigger the quake the more likely the chance for aftershocks. A 5.9 on the East coast is a big one. Therefore it stands to reason that you would have aftershocks for a longer time afterwards.

Besides, I seem to remember a thread where the lack of aftershocks was put forth here as the supposed "evidence" of the nuke theory as the cause of the 5.9
Are we going the other way now?

Edited to add: Why'd you delete your post?

[JDRock]

Headlines & some links here: Pentagon evacuated!

http://www.breakingnews.com/

so some sheeny could erase/modify/steal afew more things...

[JDRock]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/usworld/article/215999/6/DC-Earthquake-All-Monuments-and-Memorials-Closed

Our sister station WUSA in Washington, DC, reported that the USGS has indicated the earthquake may have been a foreshock, and more may be coming.
one can only hope!

[keehah]

D.C. Police Officer: There’s Concern That Washington Monument May Be Tilting Following 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake


Big Ben is leaning left; lawmakers discuss how to make it right (http://www.vancouversun.com/news/leaning+left+lawmakers+discuss+make+right/6038623/story.html)

BY HENRY CHU, LOS ANGELES TIMES JANUARY 23, 2012 12:08 PM (Vancouver Sun)
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/6038624.bin
Photograph by: ADRIAN DENNIS, AFP/Getty Images

LONDON — Time stands still for no one. In London, it doesn’t even stand straight.

Big Ben, perhaps the most iconic structure in all of Britain, is leaning, and the lawmakers who work in the shadow of the famous clock tower are trying to figure out what to do about it.

Members of Parliament gathered at the House of Commons on Monday to discuss a report containing some drastic solutions to deal with the problem, even though it will be thousands of years before Big Ben achieves the precarious slant of the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Among the suggestions: temporarily relocating Parliament while costly repair work takes place on both the clock and the Palace of Westminster, where lawmakers meet; or selling off the entire complex to a rich foreign developer.

Neither option is likely to be accepted in the near future. Nor is Big Ben expected to imminently topple over into the river that flows at its feet.

“The House of Commons authorities would be surprised if the clock tower fell into the Thames any time soon,” Thomas Docherty, a Labor Party lawmaker, was quoted as saying. But “it may well be raised with the speaker (of the house) on Monday. Given that Big Ben is situated over the speaker’s apartments, he may have a view on it.”

A surveyor’s report last year revealed the top of the 314-foot-tall tower to be about 18 inches off the vertical. The tilt (0.26 degrees northwest, to be exact) lies at the tipping point, as it were, at which the lean becomes visible to the naked eye, an engineering expert told the BBC on Monday.

The cause remains unclear. Natural subsidence is one possibility, as the clay that lies deep beneath the clock slowly dries out. There has also been tunneling in the area in recent years to build a multilevel parking lot and to extend one of London’s Underground lines...