At 1:51pm today in my office at work I experienced what I would later find out was....an earthquake! Wowzers! Now I can officially say that I have experienced and survived my first earthquake. Although I had no idea that it was an earthquake until after the fact!
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.
The quake sent hundreds of people spilling into the street a block from the White House, with other buildings evacuated in North Carolina and tremors felt as far away as New York City.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was 3.7 miles deep. Shaking was felt at the White House and all over the East Coast, as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C. Parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol were evacuated. The quake was in Mineral, Va., in Louisa County.
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I didn't feel the earthquake that day. I was kinda bummed about it. Oh well.
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