Some people on the east coast were hit by an Earthquake that originated in Washington D.C. Buildings shook, chairs moved and tables rocked during the tremor.
The quake was felt in Virginia, New York, North Carolina, Massachuttes with measurements at 6.0 and there is the possibility of aftershocks. The earthquake struck New York City at the moment when rape charges were to be dismissed against Dominique Strauss Kahn.
The epicenter was in Virginia.
The quake was felt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City and on Martha’s Vineyard where President Barack Obama is vacationing. Cell phone service has been disrupted in New York City where parts of Manhattan have been evacuated.
“Everybody was told to take the stairs,” Wolf Blitzer said, speaking live at 2 p.m. E.T. from CNN’s D.C. bureau.
The Pentagon has been evacuated, CNN’s Barbara Starr reports. “When the building began shaking rather violently, hundreds of people began streaming out,” she said, because many people thought that the building was under attack. Starr was standing in the Pentagon’s press office when the roof started to shake.
Twitter traffic suggests the quake was felt all over the east coast.
In Philadelphia, HunterPence3 tweeted, “Wow Earthquake just shook the entire locker room!”
In Cleveland, “tribeinsider” wrote “I’m no expert but i think we just had an earthquake here.”
And even in Toronto, tweets said that the shaking could be felt for minutes. [via]
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