Earthquake

[Mark Whittington]

No casualties to the best of my knowledge.  M5.9 earthquake, epicenter was
mid-VA.  There have been a few small aftershocks.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/37.39.-79.-77.php

I suspect a lot of the evacuations from DC north were more the result of
"OMG EARTHQUAKE NEVER HAPPENS HERE HAIR ON FIRE" than due to any real
danger, but I don't know for sure.  I was at work in Herndon, VA when it
happened and it was alarming but not really damaging.

73,

-Mark KA8I

On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Brian Hawes
<brian.hawes at retired.ox.ac.uk>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Just heard on the BBC 10 p.m. news that there has been an earthquake on the
> East Coast of USA.
> They said offices in D.C. were evacuated, and that it was felt as far as
> Boston.
>
> Everybody O.K. ?
>
> Brian
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