Earthquake 5.8(revised from 5.9) Hits Virginia – Felt along U.S. east coast
Washington National Cathedral Damaged by Quake
Severe damage.
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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.
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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