Talk:2011 Virginia earthquake

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Depth

Where are you getting a 5.9 km depth? USGS reports is as 1km.

I think someone must have confused magnitude and depth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.97.225.203 (talk) 18:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Felt in Wisconsin

Sadly it's OR as we cannot independently report it, but our Madison, Wisconsin, office's building was shaken by this. --Golbez (talk) 18:31, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You can always report impact to the USGS (the earthquake is already specified in form, just fill in the info queried. Tyrol5 [Talk] 18:42, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

There are currently reports of the earthquake being felt in Quebec, Canada, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine in addition to the mainstream media confirmed locations appearing in this article.

Other areas affected

We should mention that this quake affected several states on the east coast, including PA, NY, NJ, MA, etc. This made national news on major news stations, including CNN, FOX News, MSNBC, etc. I am from NJ and we felt a tremble in our house. It was scary, since it is very rare to have earthquakes in this part of the country. – Tinton5 (talk) 18:33, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It is currently on the major news stations, btw. North Carolina, Detroit, MI, Georgia, and Chicago, IL were also affected. — Tinton5 (talk) 18:34, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Places

Do we really need a list? It was felt in lots of places. – ukexpat (talk) 18:35, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe just say across the Northeast and Midwest? Agrdeuce (talk) 18:44, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia home page

How has this not hit the home page?Dogru144 (talk) 18:40, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It will by tonight --Guerillero | My Talk 18:40, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

ITN

This article has been nominated for In the News: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:In_the_news/Candidates#Virginia_Earthquake

Extra Source

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/24/us/24quake.html — Tinton5 (talk) 18:43, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/08/23/quake-virginia.html : This is a source about the impact in Ontario, Canada. — Tinton5 (talk) 18:50, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Impact

Should we report airport closures and evacuations of government buildings? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.159.152.139 (talk) 18:48, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Time

The correct time was 1:51pm EST - not 2:12: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/se082311a.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjmoll (talk • contribs) 19:03, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism

Can an admin protect the article? It has been subject of vandalism multiple times in the last minutes. Thanks --Camilo Sanchez (talk) 18:51, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Beat me to the punch. I second this. Scxnwa (talk) 18:55, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protection is desperately needed. Link (talk) 18:57, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, thanks to whomever protected the article. --Camilo Sanchez (talk) 18:59, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Washington Monument Tilting

http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/watercooler/2011/aug/23/picket-fnc-reports-washington-monument-may-be-tilt/ Piercewater (talk) 19:05, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Magnitude

It seems like the USGS has downgraded it to a 5.8. Not too sure; the news is reporting the downgrading, but USGS has not updated its page. --DMP47 (talk) 19:08, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

A lot of sources are reporting it as a 6.0 earthquake. Intoronto1125TalkContributions 19:09, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

yes, but the USGS has officially released it as 5.9 (though news sources have updated that number) http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/se082311a.html --DMP47 (talk) 19:10, 23 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]