DMV Has An Earth-Shaking Moment [Updated]
Posted by on August 23, 2011 – 2:00 pmIn officially the strangest happening I’ve ever encountered at Redskins Park, there was an 5.9 magnitude earthquake at Redskins Park today.
The epicenter was said to be in Central Virginia between Richmond and Charlottesville, southwest of Washington D.C.
No one in the building can remember seismic activity of this magnitude in the area. No damage to the building, here’s hoping that everyone in Redskins Nation is okay.
Seismologist Lucy Jones just said on CNN that this is the biggest earthquake on the east coast “in decades.”
Anthony Armstrong wins the award for the first Redskins tweet:
Was that an earthquake?—
Anthony Armstrong (@MrArmstrong13) August 23, 2011
Followed by:
..did I just survive my first earthquake?—
Chris Neild (@TruckNeild) August 23, 2011
Yall feel that cali natural disaster!!! Earthquake on the east coast—
DeJon Gomes (@HuskerHybrid_7) August 23, 2011
Never seen so many football players scared!!!!!! EARTHQUAKE!!!—
Brandon Banks (@speedybanks16) August 23, 2011
Funniest thing ever seeing a bunch of east coast natives scrambling because of an earthquake lol it's a west coast thing!—
Terrence Austin (@Terrence_Austin) August 23, 2011
Niles Paul with the obvious:
Pretty sure that was an earthquake…—
Niles Paul (@Niles_Paul) August 23, 2011
And I think Donte Stallworth had the best:
YOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Was that an EARTHQUAKE in Virginia??? Everybody TOOK OFF in the locker room!! And of course I grabbed my phone to tweet lol—
Donte' Stallworth (@DonteStallworth) August 23, 2011
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By blazinclipsy on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
is bmores stadiom ok i was lookin forward to this game
By coeus on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
nah dude i live closer to the epicenter then mt bank is and it didnt even spill water out of my fish tank, that stadium is fine
By John on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
i live on the delmarva peninsula in salisbury and we felt it pretty good here too. Side note: First time ive ever seen “DMV” anywhere.
By Brian Tinsman on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
@John-
I’m originally from Seaford, Del., so I know your neck of the woods–glad everything is alright on the peninsula too. DMV is DC, MD, and VA (or department of motor vehicle). I’m quite familiar with Delmarva though
By Brian Tinsman on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
@blazinclipsy-
I haven’t heard anything to suggest that the earthquake won’t be a distance memory at game time. As far as I know, no worries!
By blazinclipsy on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
im in millsboro delaware and we felt it all the way out here
By reesespieces on Aug 23, 2011 | Reply
I live in Roanoke and was actually chillin out on the couch, reading the Redskins homepage. My couch started shakin and everything…sounded like Fat Albert was walkin on top of my place. Lol
By ZephyrHTTR on Aug 24, 2011 | Reply
As I’m sure most all of you have inferred/seen by now, there was very little in the way of damage and I haven’t heard of anyone sustaining injury from the earthquake yesterday.
Here in Richmond we’re only about 40 miles from the epicenter, and it wasn’t bad at all frankly. If you’d told me I would be experiencing a magnitude 5.8-6 earthquake that morning, I’d have expected it to be a whole lot worse than it was. Felt like an oversized train was passing right outside.
I for one enjoyed it! Likely a once-in-a-lifetime event, after all. Been in Virginia my whole life and never felt one before.