The Day The Earth Shook

The Day The Earth Shook: Buildings Damaged As Biggest Earthquake In Over A Century Strikes East Coast Leaving Path Of Destruction -- Daily Mail

* Huge 5.8 quake felt across the East Coast, from Toronto to South Carolina
* Damage reported in Virginia, while building evacuated for fear of collapse in New York and Washington
* The White House and the Pentagon among buildings evacuated
* NYPD staff had worries earthquake was another terrorist attack in the city
* Fears of Fukushima-like nuclear disaster because old nuclear plant a few miles from epicentre

A huge earthquake ripped through the East Coast of America on Tuesday, causing terrifying tremors from Washington D.C. to New York.

Buildings in the major cities throughout the north east - including the Pentagon and the White House - had to be evacuated with the 5.8 magnitude earthquake, which originated in Virginia, shaking areas from as far north as Toronto, Canada, and as far south as Anderson in South Carolina.

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My Comment: I left Montreal late last week to visit some family friends at Rockville, a city that is about a dozen miles from Washingtion DC. So .... it was quite a surprise to experience the earthquake that impacted much of the U.S. eastern seaboard. This was not the first time that I have experience an earthquake (I have experienced about a dozen in my life) .... but it was certainly the one that was the most surprising. Fortunately .... it was not as bad as it could have been.

Sighhh .... infected eye since Friday, earthquake, a persistent migraine attack .... hmmmm .... should have stayed home. Anyway .... will be back home this weekend.