It was northwest of Richmond, VA; no need to evacuate anywhere in the DC area.
Updated to 6.0 usgs
What a course of events if -26Bama has to leave the Vineyard early due to Hurricane Irene, but he can’t go back to earthquake-rocked DC. Might be forced to wait out the storms, and filling in any White House foundational cracks somewhere else... Kenya works.
My building swayed in midtown manhattan.
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.
Gee, A hurricane headed their way and now an earthquake - someone sending a message?