The quake, the strongest in Virginia in more than a century, was centered five miles from Mineral, about 36 miles northwest of Richmond, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Vibrations rattled New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlantic City, scattering office workers.
The epicenter is approximately 30 miles from our house in Mechanicsville.
Mommy was working at home and initially thought something had hit the house. Then she thought the washing machine was unbalanced (but quickly realized there was not laundry going!). After a few more seconds she thought it could be an earthquake. Daddy was working at his office in Richmond. He and his workmates were stunned at first, but also quickly figured out it was an earthquake.
Mommy called Owen and Avery's daycare to check on them and everyone was fine and accounted for. The kids had had a fire alarm earlier in the day, so everyone was already on edge. Knowing that it occurred right during nap time for Owen's class, we found out that all the kids woke up during the earthquake and of course no one wanted to go back to sleep. Avery's sleep was restless for the remainder of the day as well, but most likely just due to her caregivers being a little tense from all the excitement.
Since the "Big" quake, we have had three aftershocks. One on Tuesday (4.2 around 8pm), one on Wednesday (3.4 at 12:45am) and one this morning (4.5 at 1:07am). Thankfully we have had no damage and no injuries from these crazy events!
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