A string of earthquakes hasjust struck the United States of America . Our offices just shook — as did many in states across the area . Check here for the latest .
Update : Colorado was hit with a 5.3 order of magnitude seism — its largest in 40 years .
Update 2 : T - Mobile and AT&T ’s cubicle networks are confirmedjammedfor us in Manhattan . Some Verizon users receive trouble too .
Update 3 : WaPo report the epicenter of theeast seashore quakeswas in central Virginia — reaching all the direction up to Boston .
Update 4 : The Pentagon , White House , and Capitolhave been evacuated . GET TO DA CHOPPA !
Update 5 : Could this be the first timethe internethit peoplebefore the real earthquake did ?
Update 6 : The USGS hasbumped upthe Virginian temblor to a 5.9 .
Update 7 : Gawker ’s Adrian Chen points out another clue of our rapidly ego - destruct stupid internet society : the first instinct of many earthquake participantswas to check - in on Foursquare !
Update 8 : PEOPLE OF THE UNITED province : DO NOT care , MICHELLE BACHMANN HAS OUR SHIT COVERED .
Update 9 : Here ’s adetailed USGS reputation on the Virginian quake - splosion .
Update 10 : If you felt the quakes , the USGS want to know ! Chime in with your endurance stories .
Update 11 : Oh front , the seism hasits own cute little Tumblr already ! That take less time than the continuance of the earthquake . The world we exist in .
Update 12 : John from Brooklyn sends out this seism aftermath shot . The populace has take to the street ! Will baseball squash racket sales impale again ?
Update 13 : Thirdhand reports of abuilding crack up in DC . Will keep you all posted on this .
Update 14 : JFK might be close — anyone heard anything else about closed airports ?
Update 15 : The USGSexpects aftershock .
Update 16 : The USGS also say this is thebiggest earthquake to roll out of Virginia since 1897 . That ’s a retentive time ago ! How would 19th century blogger like me have find out about it in New York ?
Update 17 : JFK and Washington National airports are bothconfirmed shut . Newark Int’l Airport is alsoreportedly out of commission . If you ’re front to escape the New York area , LaGuardia is your best bet !
Update 18 : USGS saysno tsunami expected . Phew .
Update 19 : Virginia ’s North Anna nuclear plantauto - shutdown during the quake , but no hurt is reported .
Update 20 : Just a reminder : don’t call 911 to report the temblor . They know . Unless you ’re make an pinch ! Then , do .
Update 21 : All NYC - area public transitis A - OK .
Update 22 : USA Today describe the shocks were feltas far north as Ottawa .
Update 23 : Reader Cristobal sent in this guesswork of the evacuations surrounding New York City Hall .
Update 24 : Holy shit : a with child clod from one of the National Cathedral ’s spiresfell during the temblor . Washingtonian Jennifer Walker tweeted the following : “ I am holding patch of the national cathedral in my script . This is very sad . How are they going to rebuild ? We keep finding more damage . ” This could have ( but it appear , luckily , did not ) kill a lot of people . But as a native Washingtonian myself , I agree — this is really sorry . A national loss at a gorgeous internet site .
Update 25 : The NYO quotes a vulcanologist who sound out not to expectaftershocks .
Update 26 : T - Mobile ’s contacted us with the come after statement regarding the cosmopolitan roll in the hay - upedness of cell phone mesh at the moment :
T - Mobile ’s mesh is live high-pitched call mass in all area and counties affected by the quake . If client are experiencing impermanent difficultly placing call due to web congestion , we rede them to use SM or E - Mail until call volumes reelect to normal .
Update 27 : Reader Daniel sent in this evacuation scene from Baltimore ’s Inner Harbor .
Update 28 : Sprint’sdittoingT - Mobile : stick to SMS .
Update 29 : JFK and Newark areback in aerial business .
Update 30 : Another evac shot from DC ’s crowded Farragut Square expanse , a federal employee - dense thug .
Update 31 : Ten nuclear plants in four stateshave denote lowest - level emergency alerts .
Update 32 : The Dowhas recover from its post - quake dip , and the New York Stock Exchanged never stopped trading . Capitalism laughs at your runty rattling , mother nature .
Update 33 : Here ’s a peep at seismographical sensors at Virginia Tech . Bad quivering .
Update 34 : The seism ’s epicentre released the tantamount power of10,676 tons of dynamite . Kaboom . NATURE !
Update 35 : ThatVirginian nuclear power plantthat close down ? It’sdesigned to defy a 5.9 - 6.1 order of magnitude quake . As in , exactly what we had today — had it been a little higher , we ’d be writing a very dissimilar post flop now .
Update 36 : AT&T ’s substantiate to us that they ’re have a very large call loudness as well , but no infrastructure damage — so you might require to stick to SMS if you ’re with them .
Update 37 : CNN ’s alive reporting from Washington DC , which construe a tidy sum of citizenry - in - the - streets scenes .
Update 38 : The Atlantic ’s Alexis Madrigalsaysthe USGS ’ temblor depth estimate is now at almost four miles below the Earth ’s surface .
Update 39 : Looks like the quakeshaven’t affected the entire US , but rather the easterly seaside , some minor seismal activity on the west coast , and that orotund trill in Colorado .
HEY YOU ! Did you capture any photograph or video of the quakes?Send ’em in !
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