FACEBOOK AND TWITTER TRAFFIC REPORT EARTHQUAKE ACTIVITY IN WASHINGTON, CHARLOTTESVILLE, RICHMOND.
AFTERSHOCKS STILL COMING IN.
UPDATE (1.59pm): Mineral, Virginia was the epicenter of the quake. Had to be a 4.0 tremor at least. Pictures off the wall and a few scared kids in Kents Store, Virginia. Electricity and phones (and internet) working. Estimated time of quake was 1.57pm.
UPDATE (2.06pm): Epicenter was 12 mi northeast of Columbia, Virginia.
UPDATE (2.23pm): Additional small tremors now… nothing major, but just enough to listen for them. Eerily enough, it is dead quiet outside. It’s as if the entire animal kingdom said “woah! what the heck was that?!”
UPDATE (2.27pm): More tremors, very light and distant. Hearing one single bird chirping… they really do know, don’t they? Beyond that, all quiet at Kents Store, Virginia.
UPDATE (3.08pm): North Anna nuclear power plant has shut down both reactors automatically. Beyond this, there are still a few aftershocks, some you can feel — others you cannot. No fire engines or ambulances running… so it would appear as if all is well in this part of Virginia.
UPDATE (3.14pm): Sarah Kenney — youngest daughter (3) — remarks: “Maybe someone was kicking the house?”
UPDATE (3.22pm): Another good aftershock.
UPDATE (3.29pm): Here’s your explanation for the Great Quake of 2011…
Makes total sense to me… and as you can see here, we’re all doing just fine.
…but I want to find this bear now.
