EARTHQUAKE - not a joke

If you felt a series of tremors around 2 PM, it was not your imagination. I felt a wave of shaking lasting a few seconds, a brief pause and then another wave. I saw water swishing in the toilet boil.

This was an actual earthquake.


This apparently was the long-distance effect of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck in Louisa County, Virginia between Washington and Richmond. The quake was apparently centered 3.7 miles below the town of Mineral, VA. This is a sparsely populated area.

Initial reports saw the quake has been felt as far north as New York and Rhode Island.

Some parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol building were evacuated.

Reports of damage will probably be available on CNN shortly.