According to the USGS, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake occurred today at near Richmond in Mineral, Virginia at 01:51 PM that affected Washington D.C. to even New York City with reports of minor damage.
The North Anna nuclear power plant located 20 miles from the epicenter was shut down as a precaution but no initial reports of damage.
The Washington Reagan National Airport was evacuated because of a gas odor but no severe damage occurred.
The Pentagon reported a water line leak that flooded two corridors.
Here are a couple tweets CNN pointed out about the earthquake:
In Philadelphia, HunterPence3 tweeted, “Wow Earthquake just shook the entire locker room!”
In Cleveland, “tribeinsider” wrote “I’m no expert but i think we just had an earthquake here.”
Check back for updates.
