Afternoon Earthquake

[OsmosisStudios]

Don't know if anyone else felt it, but there was a decent-sized earthquake this afternoon, 1:41 EST. It was felt everywhere from Montreal to New York, Boston, Detroit, etc.

Epicentre? My backyard. Well, not literally, but very nearby. Just across the river from where I live, less than 50km (30 miles). Shook the house rather nicely, and gave us all a pretty good wake up call.

5.5 on the Richter scale isnt huge, but it's not small either. We're accustomed to getting small earthquakes every now and again (the main street in the suburbs I live in lies directly on a fault line), but they're usually very short (1-5 seconds) and fairly weak (less than 3.0, for sure). This was quite different.

[scootermcq]

Rock on!!!

[candleman]

so, no damage to the house?

[macromike]

Earthquakes alway make me dizzy. Yeah i would say thats a pretty good one........

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by candleman

so, no damage to the house?

Oh lord no. Barely enough to shake the house, didnt even knock any picture frames down. Still kinda fun.

[windrider86]

Living Colorado, we rarely get them and when we do we never notice. 5.5 would send us all into freak out mode

[diamond1]

So are you still all okie?

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by diamond1

So are you still all okie?

Oh, definitely. Looking in this morning's paper, there was some damage near the epicentre, but nothing much beyond that.

[Murtasma]

This is the damage the quake left behind.

[candidrachel]

So the earth moved for you then Osmosis