Shaking Buildings in Old Town, Related to Earthquake?

Through two separate reports, we’ve heard that at least one building in Old Town experienced very noticeable shaking today right at about the same time as a relatively major earthquake hit Ottawa and Quebec in Canada. People from Toronto, Detroit, New York and Ohio have reported experiencing some effects from this quake. Is it possible it actually caused shaking in Old Town Alexandria in Virginia?

@thelastgoodnight on Twitter reported it happening at 2:00pm today. It was also reported as being experienced on S Alfred St. Did anyone else feel it?

UPDATE 2:41pm: Apparently there was also shaking felt in Greenbelt, MD. Starting to sound less like strange coincidences and more like very small ripples being felt from the quake up north.

Karl Johnson

Karl is a Washingtonian who lives and breathes everything that is DC. Politics, ethnic restaurants, sad sports teams, the Metro and pretty much anything in between. Karl’s life is kind of like going to a Nats’ game while eating Ethiopian food and discussing the latest legislation to pass the House. Then cramming on the Metro for a ride home. That ’bout sums it up. See why Karl loves DC or check him out on Twitter.

13 thoughts on “Shaking Buildings in Old Town, Related to Earthquake?”

I definitely thought I felt it in DC at about that time, but it was subtle enough that I thought maybe I was just disoriented for a minute.

The time would have been closer to 1:45pm but i’m sure that’s what people there experienced. This quake seems to have rocked alot of the central northern USA. Here’s a link http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010xwa7/us/index.html

I work in kingstowne and we definitely felt the rumble.

Nothing here at Connecticut & L, NW.

So crazy I felt it in Barrie

we felt it here in old town, our building shook

Pingback: Tweets that mention Shaking Buildings in Old Town, Related to Earthquake? » We Love DC -- Topsy.com

I definitely felt the building shake on the 7th floor of an apartment building on the SW waterfront in DC

Did all of you feel this around 1:45pm today? Sounds like we have a lot of cases that are not just coincidences.

Felt it in Tysons Corner, so much so that I looked up recent earthquakes and found this thread!

Hope the shaker today was not just a foreshock!

http://thedailybite.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/bad-full-moon-rising-june-26-2010/

Well, I figure since this IS some sort of social media (WLDC), I will give you XKCD’s take on earthquakes and the interwebs…

http://xkcd.com/723/

Earthquake was felt in old greenbelt md with shaking and rumbling sound in apt complex.My bed shook under me but I was thinking it was a dream but now I know it was a real quake.

William on June 23, 2010 at 2:43 pm said:

I definitely thought I felt it in DC at about that time, but it was subtle enough that I thought maybe I was just disoriented for a minute.
mike on June 23, 2010 at 3:06 pm said:

The time would have been closer to 1:45pm but i’m sure that’s what people there experienced. This quake seems to have rocked alot of the central northern USA. Here’s a link http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010xwa7/us/index.html
Ashley on June 23, 2010 at 3:12 pm said:

I work in kingstowne and we definitely felt the rumble.
Phil on June 23, 2010 at 3:16 pm said:

Nothing here at Connecticut & L, NW.
Eddy Dauzat on June 23, 2010 at 3:31 pm said:

So crazy I felt it in Barrie
phill on June 23, 2010 at 3:43 pm said:

we felt it here in old town, our building shook
Pingback: Tweets that mention Shaking Buildings in Old Town, Related to Earthquake? » We Love DC -- Topsy.com
kb on June 23, 2010 at 4:32 pm said:

I definitely felt the building shake on the 7th floor of an apartment building on the SW waterfront in DC
Karl Johnson on June 23, 2010 at 4:35 pm said:

Did all of you feel this around 1:45pm today? Sounds like we have a lot of cases that are not just coincidences.
S Evans on June 23, 2010 at 5:02 pm said:

Felt it in Tysons Corner, so much so that I looked up recent earthquakes and found this thread!
Jill W. on June 24, 2010 at 6:02 am said:

Hope the shaker today was not just a foreshock!

http://thedailybite.wordpress.com/2010/06/22/bad-full-moon-rising-june-26-2010/
David on June 24, 2010 at 12:41 pm said:

Well, I figure since this IS some sort of social media (WLDC), I will give you XKCD’s take on earthquakes and the interwebs…

http://xkcd.com/723/
molandon on July 16, 2010 at 9:14 am said:

Earthquake was felt in old greenbelt md with shaking and rumbling sound in apt complex.My bed shook under me but I was thinking it was a dream but now I know it was a real quake.