BREAKING: East Coast Hit with 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Centered in Virginia about 80 Miles from Nation’s Capital – Video 8/23/11

Here is a video report this afternoon on the 5.8 or 5.9 Magnitude Earthquake that hit the Eastern seaboard today, felt from North Carolina all the way up into the Northeast.

The quake was centered in Virginia about 80 miles from Washington D.C. near Louisa, Virginia. No report yet on any fatalities or the extent of the damage.

President Obama was reportedly on the Golf Course on Martha’s Vineyard when the quake hit and received a phone call about the quake.

Developing. . . .

  • http://twitter.com/MadJen34 MADASHECC

    Took me a good little while to calm down after all that excitement!  Scared the living begezus out of all of us….we were VERY skeptical about coming back inside the building.

  • Anonymous

    Wow! You felt it? Sounds like it was quite an experience for everyone. Glad no one was injured.

  • Anonymous

    Wow! You felt it? Sounds like it was quite an experience for everyone. Glad no one was injured.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, I work about 5 miles outside DC, so I was about 75 miles from the epicenter.  Try being in a 14 story building during an earthquake that shook thousands of miles worth of land!  That’s some creepy stuff. 

    We’ve had 3 aftershocks so far…I’ve felt none of them, but my husband felt the last one…and I heard the last one.  I just hope it’s over now!  I’m a bit gun shy about going to work tomorrow, truth be told!

  • Anonymous

    Glad everyone is OK. Hope the aftershocks are over!


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