Aug 23 2011
Earthquake 5.8 Hits Virginia – Felt along U.S. east coast

Earthquake 5.8(revised from 5.9) Hits Virginia – Felt along U.S. east coast

Washington National Cathedral Damaged by Quake
Severe damage.

Wiki has details here
 

Here’s a video.

Epicenter was 87 miles southwest of Washington. Damage at National Cathedral; most major buildings evacuated. MARC service suspended; Metro slowed; airports open.

An earthquake centered in Virginia struck along the East Coast at 1:51 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake was reportedly 5.9 maginitude.

Officials said the earthquake’s epicenter was near Mineral, Va., 87 miles southwest of Washington.

May be the largest recorded earthquake to hit area

Tweets and reports from the affected area

Snap a photo of evacuations or damage near you

After yesterday a quake in Colorado, amagnitude 5.3 quake hit at 11:46 p.m. MDT Monday about nine miles southwest of Trinidad, or 180 miles south of Denver, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Earthquake Information Center in Golden. It had an estimated depth of 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) and was felt in a relatively large area of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico.
State’s largest quake since 1967 shakes southern Colorado

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