The massive 3.6 magnitude earthquake that ripped through Sykesville this past Friday tipped a lawn chair in a residential backyard and woke several residents up. This photo of the damage was first displayed on the Sykesville Main Street Facebook page and has since gone viral on the Internet.
According to witnesses, no one was sitting in the chair at the time of the catastrophe, and the resident who owned the chair was able to stand it back up.
Casualties throughout the area were light to non-existent, although several residents claimed that the quake disturbed their sleep, and at least one reported falling out of bed. Damage so far has been estimated at less than $7.
Many residents were shocked by the power of the quake and its ability to tip over a cheap plastic lawn chair. As one of the many alarmed commentators on the Main Street Sykesville page put it, “Oh, the humanity.”
Indeed.
