Arlington/Springfield Virginia folks...did you just feel that?

[Squatch]

I work in Arlington and our whole office just shook for about 5 seconds. I was talking on the phone with somebody in Springfield (about 8 miles away) and they said they felt it too.

Weird.

[Richard Steele]

1. Cthulu is rising- he's been promised McCain's VP slot. nm

[rucky]

2. Now we don't have to settle for a lesser evil. n/t

[AspenRose]

3. Yes.

I thought it was thunder. Not a cloud in the sky....

[bikebloke]

4. I'll see if my pictures fell off the wall when I get home.

Didn't feel anything over in DC. Alexandria should've felt something too, being betwixt the two.

Deadeye Dick must be blasting an escape tunnel to Paraguay.

[godai]

5. Wasn't there supposed to be blasting in that area?

I read in the WP about a week ago about rock blasting and probable reports of shaking. Not sure if that's what you felt but, perhaps.

[Squatch]

7. I knew about blasting at Ft Belvoir

but that couldn't account for the tremor we felt up here.

[rateyes]

6. You felt the earth move?

At work? :evilgrin:

[krispos42]

8. USGS isn't showing anything...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-85.-75.php

:shrug:

[Squatch]

9. WTOP is getting flooded with calls

saying that the Bailey's Crossroads area is experiencing booms and rumbles. The police are investigating.

[onenote]

11. On the phone with my wife now - we live a mile from Bailey's Crossroads

She said it was really strange and wild. Reminded her of 9/11 (we could feel the pentagon hit) only closer.

Nothing on the tv news locally yet.

[Squatch]

13. That, unfortunately, was my first thought, too.

"Awww shit, not again" was my first thought.

[onenote]

14. i just heard her voicemail and she was very freaked out

I called her after seeing this thread, not realizing she'd already called me and left a voicemail on my cell phone. If it spooked her as much as it sounded like it did, it had to be pretty loud.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

10. Alexandria

Nothing unusual here.

[AspenRose]

12. In the section near Bailey's Crossroads

Felt it.

[Squatch]

15. WTOP now reporting that the blasting at Ft Belvoir began earlier than scheduled

explaining the booms we felt up here. Damn...that's 15 miles away. Feeling that through the unconsolidated sediments underlying most of this area speaks to the size of the explosions.

[MountainLaurel]

16. Damn, I'd hate to be down in that direction

If people are feeling the tremors in Baileys Crossroads.

[soothsayer]

17. Confirmed as a minor quake

The USGS has confirmed a magnitude 1.8 "micro" earthquake occurred near Annandale, VA at 1:30pm. There have been no reports of damage or injuries.
OEM/LCS