I work on the 5th floor of a 5 story bldg, on the water in Old town, Alexandria VA.

We felt every second of the quake, from start to finish, and it was terrifying to say the least. I actually thought I was done for, for a second or two..

The worst was when the cell networks went down and i couldn't get my wife on the phone. She was at home alone when it happened and it freaked her out pretty bad.

Well I felt it here in philly...they had to evacuate my building to...nothing really was damaged...it was just really weird

I'm in Maryland and it freaked out everyone in our office. We didn't get to go home or anything, of course, the managers were concerned about whether the phone lines were still working so that we could keep working. I hear a bang and then the shaking started.

Here in NYC I was packing something up to ship on my kitchen table and sometimes stuff on the table rocks. So when it first started I was like, “Oh, what the $%@! is up with his table again?” And while I stopped packing, saw my cabinets and plants visibly shake. Went outside of my building and everyone was out in the street.

But the thing is this is such a non-event. The center was in Virginia and NYC felt the aftershocks. Which is weird. But not scary. Kind of like the fact most people here never really felt anything like this before so nobody knows what to think. Like some odd primal instinct we all have, but never knew we had until it was triggered.

Give me a nap and I’ll be fine.

Better get your hazmat playmobils to clean up that coffee.

You should have been at the shop it was hilarious , clippers flying

Wow that was pretty crazy!

Was dreading what I would come home to as far as vinyl & other valuable stuff I have displayed. Lucked out. Had a couple pieces that fell on to the ground in the same room where my dog is during the day while I'm at work but luckily he didn't turn them in to chew toys (which he has done in the past). Also have some pretty expensive sculpts....only one fell over of four and it didn't break so I'm happy. My KAWS x Sorayama moved about 5 inches! (Northern Va.).

Scary, funny, & reassuring was driving over the American Legion bridge (crosses over the Potomac river) on my way home and seeing engineers walking on to it doing some sort of site inspection.

they did a bang up job!

everything at home was good except the toys. but no apparent permanent damage even though my boss carrion (full of pk resin) fell and landed on all of my bwana resins. a not-so-gentle reminder to get those into some sort of display. (and sorry for any western vinyl that might be in these...i hope it's not too traumatic for anyone)

Pfffffft 5.8

Yeah, but everything in LA is built for quakes, nothing really is here.

The geologist on the news said that quakes usually result in less damage on the east coast because the rock is "older colder and harder" and on the west coast its "softer warmer and younger" so with the same quake more damage happens in the west.
I have no idea how that all works but thought it was interesting, and funny sounding.
lol

And I would kill for a set of hazardous waste playmobil.

hmmm, i had no idea it was hard to find until i looked for an online shop to point you to. i guess i should've saved that box...i've had them at my desk for years and years to symbolize everyone else's shit i have to clean up every day!

haha, yeah I was looking for a set on and off for a while.
It just reminded me.
My favorites are the pirate ships.

^^ Sup Reddit buddy!

Devastation in downtown Washington DC following the earthquake:

Was checking some footage on CNN...correct me if I'm wrong but if there's a quake and you're on the upper floor of a tall building, wouldn't you rather go down than up?

I used to work for Playmobil... they have a "replacement" parts department, you may be able to order the suits and what not if you are that interested.

I'll have to look into that, thanks!

Based on the photos it looks like a toddler hopped up on too much sugar cereal ran amok along the east coast.

back in the day I hooked people up with some interesting rarities.

Hopefully their policies haven't changed...

Ok, is anybody else turned on by geology, or is it just me?

BANNED!

I could not stop laughing as I watched the press conference.
Like, did anyone, ANYONE think about how this sounds.
lol

Oh shit! That just reminded me, I need to return "older, colder, harder, 3" to the video store! Gotta get that back behind the beaded curtain asap.

So there has been a bunch of earthquakes all over the world in the span of a week. I'm no geologist (but would love to be one) but this is pretty much normal? Or just the media is having a slow week and is exasperating the situation into one of their end of the world stories right?