5.8 MAG EARTHQUAKE ROCKS DC
per Drudge...
Update at 2p.m. ET: Reuters reports a 6.2 magnitude earthquake centered near Mineral, Va., rocked the mid-Atlantic states and was felt as far north at Manhattan and as far south as North Carolina.
Update at 1:57 p.m. ET:The Associated Press reports that the Pentagon is being evacuated.
An apparent earthquake rocks Washington, D.C. area.
Fox news reports that several public buildings, including the Capitol, have been evacuated.
LOL. Scott Pelley of CBS News just asssured the viewers it was a “mild earthquake”.
I think 6.2 qualifies as a bit more than mild.
Reporter Chip Reid at the Pentagon describes ten seconds of violent shaking.