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Related: About this forumDid you hear it/feel it?
Small earthquake, mag 2.3, near Rockville at 12:50a Tuesday.
Felt it/heard it in NW DC. Via USGS:
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000m135/dyfi/intensity?
https://www.facebook.com/capitalweather
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Did you hear it/feel it? (Original Post)
elleng
Jan 2024
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mahatmakanejeeves
(60,915 posts)1. No, and I was awake in Alexandria. NT
elleng
(136,042 posts)2. Neither did I, just read about it,
so between us, I guess.
Drum
(9,767 posts)3. The USGS says that there was a 1.7 quake in Astoria Queens (NYC) early this morning...
CBHagman
(17,134 posts)4. I didn't feel it.
I do remember waking up to an early morning quake in the years before the 2011 earthquake hit. I was at work for the 2011 quake, and we were down the stairs and out on the sidewalks of D.C. within seconds.
elleng
(136,042 posts)5. Neither did I feel it (in southern MD.)
Neither do I recall feeling the 2011 quake.