Matthitjah Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted July 16, 2010 My whole house shook this morning. It was kinda weird. I awoke about a few minutes piror to it happening. My wife was stirring and she asked me what time it was. I looked at the clock. I mentioned it was about 5:00 AM and then rolled over to catch a few more minutes of sleep when the whole house shook. Kinda like when a strong wind hits the house. We both said, "What was that?" My wife thought it was storming and I said nope. Maybe it was an animal on the roof or the old tree dropped a limb. I went outside and looked. Nothing but a Rooster up the street crowing. It felt like a large truck rolling by. I then prayed and thought, "that was an earthquake." Then I turned on the news and sure enough a 3.6 quake centered in Germantown, MD (not far from here). We just don't get quakes around here. It was surreal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 3 Topic Count: 683 Topics Per Day: 0.12 Content Count: 11,128 Content Per Day: 1.99 Reputation: 1,352 Days Won: 54 Joined: 02/03/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 12/07/1952 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Wow! I live in a very stable area of the world, earthquake wise, and have never experienced one. Must have been a really wierd experience. Have there been any aftershocks? Damage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHERB Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Senior Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 82 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 789 Content Per Day: 0.15 Reputation: 123 Days Won: 4 Joined: 11/06/2009 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/23/1971 Share Posted July 16, 2010 My whole house shook this morning. It was kinda weird. I awoke about a few minutes piror to it happening. My wife was stirring and she asked me what time it was. I looked at the clock. I mentioned it was about 5:00 AM and then rolled over to catch a few more minutes of sleep when the whole house shook. Kinda like when a strong wind hits the house. We both said, "What was that?" My wife thought it was storming and I said nope. Maybe it was an animal on the roof or the old tree dropped a limb. I went outside and looked. Nothing but a Rooster up the street crowing. It felt like a large truck rolling by. I then prayed and thought, "that was an earthquake." Then I turned on the news and sure enough a 3.6 quake centered in Germantown, MD (not far from here). We just don't get quakes around here. It was surreal. wow!!! really??? I just don't know what else to say to that - I'm kind of dumb-founded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Wow! I live in a very stable area of the world, earthquake wise, and have never experienced one. Must have been a really wierd experience. Have there been any aftershocks? Damage? No damage but folks all around the region are reporting it. I'm interested to see how it affected D.C. I really believe that we have been getting it here in the States lately, to include the gushing oil well, because we won't lay off of Israel and her covenant land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba4J Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,075 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 471 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/05/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dave we didn't feel it but it made the knick knacks rattle for about 4-8 seconds. I asked my wife "what was that a earthquake" because we have planes flying over our house all the time and they never shake anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 Dave we didn't feel it but it made the knick knacks rattle for about 4-8 seconds. I asked my wife "what was that a earthquake" because we have planes flying over our house all the time and they never shake anything. Bubba, it was strong enough to shake the whole house and wake my oldest daughter. It felt like one of those micro bursts storms that hit your home and send the walls vibrating. Here's a news story; http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iCu50ZL_3zlTUN4B-HKMjY9_kVWwD9H02S1G0 That story say's Rockville but if you know the region, Rockville, Gaithersburg, and Germantown are all very close and sometimes areas get called different areas because of the proximity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba4J Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 155 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 6,075 Content Per Day: 0.94 Reputation: 471 Days Won: 3 Joined: 08/05/2006 Status: Offline Share Posted July 16, 2010 FOX 45 out of Baltimore keeps saying Gaithersburg was the epicenter Glad you guys are alright Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 USGS shake map; http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/shakemap/global/shake/2010yua6/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthitjah Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 4 Topic Count: 1,285 Topics Per Day: 0.16 Content Count: 17,917 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 355 Days Won: 19 Joined: 10/01/2002 Status: Offline Author Share Posted July 16, 2010 3.6 the last time MD had one that strong was in 1758 in Annapolis. http://www.mgs.md.gov/esic/fs/fs13.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted July 16, 2010 Group: Royal Member Followers: 2 Topic Count: 115 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 8,281 Content Per Day: 1.12 Reputation: 249 Days Won: 3 Joined: 03/03/2004 Status: Offline Birthday: 10/30/1955 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Kind of a neat sensation, ain't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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