Virginia quake: What was the damage on the East Coast? [VIDEO]

Release Date 24 Aug, 2011 in Christian Science Monitor

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	Biggest quake in 67 years rattles East Coast Kansas City Star - Bob Lewis - 24 Aug, 2011 AP After Tuesday's quake, Susy Ward (center) and other office workers gathered on a sidewalk in downtown Washington. M INERAL, Va. \| The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves from ...
Earthquake Rocks East Coast ABC News - 24 Aug, 2011 Magnitude-5.8 quake was felt from Martha's Vineyard to South Carolina.
The Answer Sheet \| What East Coast schools should do now Washington Post (blog) - Valerie Strauss - 24 Aug, 2011 “It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.” -- Einstein Learn what's really happening in the world of education with veteran education writer Valerie Strauss and her guests. By Valerie Strauss The earthquake that rocked the Eastern ...
Earthquake in US: Quake sends US East Coast scrambling like 9/11 Economic Times - 24 Aug, 2011 WASHINGTON: Thousands of people across the US East Coast raced frantically into the streets Tuesday as an earthquake sent shock waves of the kind last seen almost exactly a decade ago on September 11. The US eastern seaboard has few larger earthquakes. ...
	Quake rocks East Coast of US, no major damage The Hindu - 24 Aug, 2011 One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded on the East Coast of the United States shook buildings and rattled nerves on Tuesday and forced the evacuations of parts of the Capitol, White House and Pentagon. There were no reports of deaths, ...
	Widely felt earthquake is not unprecedented for US USA Today - Dan Vergano, Elizabeth Weise - 24 Aug, 2011 Earthquakes can strike just about anywhere, as seismologists reminded us after Tuesday's magnitude-5.8 quake in central Virginia. USA TODAY asked the experts: By Damian Dovarganes, AP Geophysicist Ken ...
	5.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Virginia, shaking felt in New York; White ... New York Daily News - Helen Kennedy - 24 Aug, 2011 Office workers evacuate their buildings along Water St. in Manhattan after feeling shaking from the earthquake that struck Virginia. Do you think New York City could handle a major earthquake? Yes, our police and fire departments are ...
	Rare earthquake shakes and shocks Eastern Seaboard USA Today - Martha T. Moore - 24 Aug, 2011 There were no major injuries reported nor severe damage, but the 45-second earthquake that hit the East Coast Tuesday afternoon gave millions of people a thorough and efficient education in what Westerners already know: ...
The Great Washington Earthquake of 2011 Washington Post (blog) - Joel Achenbach - 24 Aug, 2011 Here's our story (I did rewrite �" crazy busy day, friends) on the Kinda Big One that rocked Virginia, DC, Balmer, New York, etc., this afternoon at 1:51 pm It wasn'ta disaster but it was ... different. Unnerving is the word that comes ...
Earthquake in Virginia rattles Baltimore and the East Coast Baltimore Sun - 24 Aug, 2011 A frightening earthquake jolted Baltimore and much of the East Coast on Tuesday, shaking buildings and rattling nerves. Thousands of people streamed from offices and homes into the afternoon sunshine, stunned by a phenomenon more commonly associated ...
	Quake stuns eastern US Los Angeles Times - Melanie Mason, Richard Simon - 24 Aug, 2011 The 5.8 temblor was felt from South Carolina to Rhode Island, and prompted fleeting fears of terrorism in Washington and New York. The National Cathedral is damaged. Ben Gayle picks up broken glass from liquor bottles in an ABC Store in Stafford, Va., ...
City quake NYDailyNews - 24 Aug, 2011 Mayor Bloomberg addresses the city after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, creating tremors that could be felt here in New York City.
Facebook, Twitter report record earthquake messages Washington Post (blog) - Cecilia Kang - 24 Aug, 2011 Facebook and Twitter proved on Tuesday to be a key source of information on Tuesday's East Coast earthquake, as cellphone networks struggled with congestion from an overwhelming number of callers. The earthquake hit at 1:51 pm, ...
Magnitude 5.8 quake hits US east coast Xinhua - 24 Aug, 2011 BEIJING, Aug. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- A 5.8 magnitude earthquake has jolted the US east coast. No casualties or damage was reported. The quake occurred around 2 pm local time, 130 kilometers southwest of Washington DC, at a depth of one kilometer. ...
East Coast Jolt Is Wake-Up Call For Congress To Act on Quake Insurance ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) - 24 Aug, 2011 With shaking from an earthquake in Virginia felt as far away as New York, Illinois and Georgia, on the heels of a 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Colorado yesterday, federal decision makers in the US Capitol today received a reminder that prioritization ...
Quake triggers panic in US The Nation, Pakistan - 24 Aug, 2011 NEW YORK - A 5.8 magnitude earthquake sent tremors from Washington to New York City Tuesday afternoon, but there were no reports of damage. It is not clear how far the earthquake spread, but tremors were felt throughout New York City office buildings ...
	Above All Else, Eastern Quake Rattles Nerves New York Times - Katharine Q. Seelye - 24 Aug, 2011 J. Scott Applewhite/AP Office workers gathered on a sidewalk in Washington on Tuesday afternoon moments after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rumbled through the city. More Photos » By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Of all the things there are to worry ...
	Earthquake a new experience for NJ residents The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Seth Augenstein, Bob Considine - 24 Aug, 2011 By Star-Ledger Staff Enlarge The Star-Ledger Continuous News Desk A pair of women talk to a Newark police officer along Green Street in Newark after a rare earthquake rattled downtown Newark and other parts of New Jersey Tuesday afternoon. ...
	East is all shook up after strong earthquake for region USA Today - Gary Strauss, Carolyn Pesce - 24 Aug, 2011 It was an afternoon rumble that many Californians might have laughed off as the stuff of high-strung East Coasters. But millions of Americans from Georgia to Canada were jolted Tuesday by the ...
Building inspectors urge caution in quake's wake Baltimore Sun - Tricia Bishop, Liz F. Kay - 24 Aug, 2011 Even as they discovered new scars from Tuesday's earthquake �" a collapsed roof in Annapolis, broken glass at Baltimore's Port Discovery, a crumbled chimney in Catonsville �" officials were most ...
	California welcomes East to quake club USA Today - Chris Woodyard - 24 Aug, 2011 LOS ANGELES �" Out in Chardonnay-swilling California, where minor earthquakes are dismissed as quickly as failed sitcom pilots, Tuesday's nerve-jarring East Coast temblor was being treated as a welcome-to-the-club moment. ...
	Once-a-century earthquake rattles US East Coast Reuters Africa - Lily Kuo, Malathi Nayak - 24 Aug, 2011 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A strong earthquake rattled the US East Coast on Tuesday, sending tremors as far as Canada, damaging well-known buildings in the nation's capital and sending scared office workers into the streets. ...
Where were you when ... The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - 24 Aug, 2011 By The News of Cumberland County That's the question many are still asking friends, relatives and complete strangers following Tuesday afternoon's East Coast quake. Within moments of the earthquake, calls began flooding into The News. ...
Earthquake Evacuation Prompts Early Happy Hour on Capitol Hill Fox News (blog) - 24 Aug, 2011 by Fox News \| August 23, 2011 Following Tuesday's 5.8 magnitude earthquake and mass evacuations across Washington DC, some hot spots on Capitol Hill saw an increase in customers. The bars packed in patrons and offered specials in honor of the ...
5.8 quake hits US, tremors felt in New York TODAYonline - 24 Aug, 2011 WASHINGTON - A 5.8-magnitude earthquake based in Virginia sent tremors from the nation's capital to New York City, officials said. Buildings throughout major metropolitan centres were evacuated after the quake, with some limited reports of damage ...
This Day in Tech: Twitter exposes photo galleries (nudity included ... CNET - Boonsri Dickinson - 24 Aug, 2011 Too busy to keep up with the tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET for Tuesday, August 23. • You probably heard about (or felt) the rumble that shook the East Coast. While the earthquake struck Virginia, it was felt in New ...
	QUAKE SHOCK Gulf Daily News - 24 Aug, 2011 WASHINGTON: One of the strongest earthquakes to strike the US east coast in decades rattled offices yesterday in Washington and caused anxious evacuations from skyscrapers as far away as New York. The Pentagon, the US Capitol and monuments in the ...
DC Earthquake Dominates Social Media Sites: 5 Must-See Stats Huffington Post - 24 Aug, 2011 News about the 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook Washington, DC on Tuesday and was felt in cities throughout the East coast exploded online, spreading rapidly via social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare. ...
Earthquake Rattles East Coast ABC News - 24 Aug, 2011 The 5.8 magnitude quake was felt from Massachusetts to South Carolina.
Quakes Can Reach Farther On East Coast Wall Street Journal - Tamara Audi - 24 Aug, 2011 Scientists say Tuesday's earthquake centered in Virginia rattled most of the eastern seaboard because dense surface rock there is a powerful conductor of seismic waves. "There are more areas on the East Coast with dense rock, ...