Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Richmond VA

Richmond VA
Some of Long Island, ran a cover, while others do not even feel an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 in the center of Richmond, Va., Tuesday afternoon, but after the initial panic is over The authorities found a wound few, if any, after the earth shook.

New York State, Nassau and Suffolk County officials said there was no damage to plants, hospitals, roads, bridges and airports. Federal authorities said there was minimal damage around the capital. Even if there were injuries in Washington, DC, had not reported deaths.Government buildings, large and small were briefly evacuated from the island. Only minor damage was reported in the face of the town of Hempstead, and a gas line in the Hamptons, which has since been repaired.

"This separation," said spokesman Mike Deery of the city, described the damage to "the space of an inch and a half where I was before ..." He said the example, that owners should also inspect the damage.

The earthquake occurred at 13:51, about 300 kilometers south of New York. It was felt as far north as Toronto, Canada and as far south as Alabama.

The latest jolt to a record on the Richter scale shook the eastern coast of New York in 1944. Recent earthquakes have shaken the Long Island was in November, when the earthquake of magnitude 3.9 80 km south of the Hamptons.

Scrapie Tuesday quickly turned into laughter, inspired by one hour of the earthquake on the subject and a happy reminder that we are not immune, even if it was mild compared to the earthquake on the West Coast.

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