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5.9 Earthquake in VA

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located in the burbs of PA....i was driving and didn't feel a thing; come back to work and the building is evacuated. meh.

people are freaking out on the east coast, while CA and Japan are laughing at us.

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located in the burbs of PA....i was driving and didn't feel a thing; come back to work and the building is evacuated. meh.

people are freaking out on the east coast, while CA and Japan are laughing at us.

I completely agree that people are freaking out unnecessarily but there's a big difference between a 5.8 quake in California where building codes are in place for such events and Virginia where the building codes aren't as rigid.

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I completely agree that people are freaking out unnecessarily but there's a big difference between a 5.8 quake in California where building codes are in place for such events and Virginia where the building codes aren't as rigid.

oh, no doubt. a 5.8 is still a pretty big deal -- IF you were at the epicenter and that surrounding area. Here where i am, my co-workers said very small tremors lasted about 4 seconds. Everyone had to ask what it was...

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This was blown so far out of proportion its not even funny. People in Cali and other Earthquake prone areas are definitely facepalming

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it's interesting though with two decent quakes in less than 24 hrs, we had one middle of last night in CO of 5.3, and then this one during the day.

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