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Earthquake shuts down Virginia nuclear plant
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 struck Tuesday afternoon near Washington, D.C., the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicenter was in Mineral, Virginia. The quake was four miles deep, according to the USGS. Did you feel it? Send CNN an iReport.
To get complete coverage and all the latest updates, click on CNN's main story here. View a CNN Open Story about the quake. CNN Open Story combines iReports with reports from CNNers across the globe on a map and timeline.
Update 3:36 p.m. ET: Terminal A at Washington Reagan National Airport has been evacuated because of an odor of gas, airport spokeswoman Courtney Mickalonis said. Initial sweeps of the building showed no major damage from the earthquake.
Light structural damage has been reported in Culpepper and Orange counties in Virginia, said Laura Southard of the state Emergency Operations Center. She said there have been no reports of injuries in Virginia.
Update 3:28 p.m. ET: The White House and adjacent buildings evacuated as a precaution following the earthquake have been given the all-clear, the U.S. Secret Service said. The FBI and Justice Department have also reopened evacuated buildings.
Update 3:25 p.m. ET: East Coast residents should be prepared to feel aftershocks from Tuesday's earthquake, a U.S. Geological Survey official said.
Update 3:22 p.m. ET: The North Anna nuclear power plant, located 20 miles from the epicenter, is shut down and in a safe condition, a company official and the Louisa County public information office report. There has been no release of nuclear material, Louisa County spokeswoman Amanda Reidelbach said.
Update 3:04 p.m. ET: All national monuments and parks in Washington are "stable but closed" following Tuesday's earthquake, a United States Park Police spokesman Sgt. David Schlosser said. A couple of minor injuries and some minor structural damage have been reported in Washington, following Tuesday's earthquake, according to Schlosser.
Part of the central tower of the National Cathedral, the highest point in Washington, was damaged, according to spokesman Richard Weinberg. "It looks like three of the pinnacles have broken off the central tower," Weinberg told CNN.
Update 3:02 p.m. ET: Amtrak is reporting service disruptions between Washington and Baltimore because of the earthquake, the company reported on Twitter.
Aftershocks are a concern, U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucy Jones told CNN. "People should be expecting (them), especially over the next hour or two," she said.
The quake was felt in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City and on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, where President Barack Obama is vacationing. It's unknown if the president felt the quake.
The Pentagon has been evacuated, CNN's Barbara Starr reports. "When the building began shaking rather violently, hundreds of people began streaming out," she said, because many people thought that the building was under attack. Starr was standing in the Pentagon's press office when the roof started to shake.
Cell phone service has been disrupted in New York City, CNN learned within minutes of the quake.
Updated 2:47 p.m. ET: A "considerable amount" of water from a water pipe has flooded two corridors of the Pentagon, according to an announcement in the building. People who work in those areas are being asked to stay in their offices while workers try to repair the damage.
The National Cathedral in Washington is damaged, CNN has confirmed.
And Dominion Generation, which operates the North Anna nuclear power station in central Virginia a few miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, is trying to reach operational staff at the plant, according to a company spokesman. Landlines to the plant appear to be down.
Shortly after the quake struck, traders in the New York Stock Exchange also felt the quake and shouted to each other, "Keep trading!" CNN's business correspondent Alison Kosik reported from the floor at 2:20 p.m. E.T.
Twitter traffic suggests the quake was felt all over the East Coast.
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."
And even in Toronto, Canada, tweets said that the shaking could be felt for minutes.
Pete Krech, who works at a business in Fredericksburg, Virginia, likened the sensation to being on a jolting amusement ride. "I was receiving a supply truck," said Krech, store manager at Mattress Warehouse of Fredericksburg, south of Washington. "I felt a vibration under my feet."
Brendan Wein, a sales representative at Hoffman Nursery in Roxboro, North Carolina, said he thought there was a helicopter flying above his work building. "I was literally shaking in my chair," he said.
CNN iReporter Jeff Yapalater said he was in his backyard in New York's Long Island when the earthquake hit. "Suddenly I felt this light swaying of the Earth. I'd never felt that before, so I thought maybe I was experiencing vertigo for a moment, and it lasted maybe 30 seconds ... We're feeling this really far away!" he wrote.
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The reports are forgetting that West Virginia is a state - We felt it strongly in the capital city!
We felt it in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
I felt it in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The whole house was wobbling for about 30 seconds.
felt in Pittsburg and Erie PA
My brother lives in Richmond and I am unable to reach him on his cell phone....
didn't feel anything here. felt absolutely nothing.
Felt in Michigan!
We felt it in Wheeling, WV
Felt it here Hawley, Pa. Sitting in the dining room and felt the house sway. Looked up and my hanging plants were slowly swinging back and forth.
Felt in Kings Park, NY on the north shore of Suffolk county!
Could see my house shaking!
Was felt in Albany, NY
The tremor was felt here in downtown toronto Canada on the 7th floor of building. Very strong in my opinion
Felt it in Baltimore, Maryland woke me up from my sleep and had my cat looking around to see why the house was shaking.
I felt it in Charleston, WV.
Felt in Rock Hill, SC.
Felt in Pittsburgh, PA – 15201
Earlysville Virgina, just 27 miles fm the epicenter. Fairly strong rumbling, shaking, with low groaning noise underneath. Lasted for quite a while (1-2 min?), no damage, maybe some books off shelves. I was at ground zero for the Loma Prieta quake in '89 (m7.1), where power was out, damage and casualties widespread – so this was just like old times, though thankfully no damage. Local reports indicate some cel towers out of action, and just a couple of power outages – very localized...
Still, all in all, a very large quake for this part of the world. Especially with no active faults nearby....
Just felt it in NEPA near Binghamton, NY
felt it in Southern Pines, NC
Memphis Air Traffic Control Tower experienced about 45 seconds of swaying back and forth. "A whole lotta shaking going on".
Baltimore MD...........my office was hit but we are still working and living. Hope all is well!!
Was felt in East Hanover NJ. My office buiding shook and everyone was evacutated
Folks, you better fast and pray and get the blood of Jesus on the doorpost of your house because God is sending the death angel through our land from coast to coast, from north to south for our treatment of Israel and our wickedness......Jeremiah 50:33-38New Living Translation (NLT)
33 This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says:
“The people of Israel and Judah have been wronged.
Their captors hold them and refuse to let them go.
34 But the one who redeems them is strong.
His name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.
He will defend them
and give them rest again in Israel.
But for the people of Babylon
there will be no rest! 35 “The sword of destruction will strike the Babylonians,†says the Lord.“It will strike the people of Babylon— her officials and wise men, too. 36 The sword will strike her wise counselors, and they will become fools. The sword will strike her mightiest warriors, and panic will seize them. 37 The sword will strike her horses and chariots and her allies from other lands, and they will all become like women. The sword will strike her treasures, and they all will be plundered. 38 The sword will even strike her water supply, causing it to dry up. And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols, and the people are madly in love with them....... Psalms 10 12-14..12
Arise, LORD! Lift up your hand, O God. Do not forget the helpless.
13
Why does the wicked man revile God? Why does he say to himself, "He won't call me to account"?
14
But you, O God, do see trouble and grief; you consider it to take it in hand. The victim commits himself to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.(and the protector of those that trust Him ) folks I posted this on Aug 10 when God gave it to me this quake is God's judgment on us and the Stock Market falling is another of God's judgment.Hold on folks its going to get worse.
Shouldn't you be gone already then?
LOL
It's an earthquake, numbnuts. It happens. Get over it.
Ridiculous.
Get a grip.
Thanks for the Theology Today report. Glad you're here to keep us "wicked" informed. It's an earthquake people. The continents drift.
keep cooking dude...keep cooking...
Shut the **** up
Lame.
Nope. It was just an earthquake.
Stop being a troll.
You, sir or madam, are an idiot.
All god could muster is a 5.8? Weak
Do everyone a favor and see a specialist.
There are no gods or goddesses, demons or devils, ghosts or goblins. Religion was invented by man to control the masses.
My soul is prepared, how's yours?
Y'know, if you go on like this with such a minor quake, I shudder to think what'll happen if something serious happens...
settle down.
wow, and this whole time I thought it was just an earthquake
You are an idiot... i lost a dollar out of my wallet today... god do that? Plate tectonics caused the earthquake... good grief...
hmmm. seems like your brain got a bit rattled by the quake. Relax, it was just a little tremor, believe it or not, tens of thousands of them happen every single year. It's not the end of the world.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
We felt it in West Kingston, Rhode Island at Schneider Electric ! But all is well.
Man, my ribs hurt from laughing so hard !!!
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.
Stop these BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHAT A CRACKPOT GOD IS DEAD
Sir, what exactly are you implying?
Your a scrub
Please??? Get over yourself! Its the earth moving as it has done for centuries. Jesus/God/Allah or whomever you worship had NOTHING to do with it! You are feeble minded and stupid!
lol
How does it feel to know you're completely wrong?
you are an ignorant fear-monger
enough with all the god-jesus gibberish, it was an earthquake
Yo Cook. Get a burger, couple of cold ones, and enjoy YOUR last days on earth. The rest of us have to much stuff to do. If you fear death and the end, you will never enjoy your life. Cheers!!!
Seriously...get a life. Earthquakes happen.
Shut up, Meg.
I wonder if we are ever going to reach a point in this world where we can have a natural occurrence on the earth and have doomsayers NOT call it the rapture. It's the earth! she moves! Humanity lives, we love, we fight, we cry, we laugh, we are here on this earth to live out our days, not live in fear that God is going to destroy us. That is not the God and Jesus that I know loves me and my loved ones; that is fear you have built in your own mind.
A fairy tale's guide to earthquake survival. Thanks for nothing.
i'm on fire!
Leave the scripture in church sir.
I couldn't agree more. Our treatment of the Palestinians in Israel has been sinful. May God have mercy on our souls.
shut up
Then again, it might just be tectonic plates sliding against each other.
you sound like a complete primitive idiot. just sayin.
Either that or the there was some sort of tectonic plate shift, if indeed the plates have a juncture around that area of the continent.
Funny, isn't it always science that explains stuff? Then again, isn't it funny how GAWD is just used with a context of fear. Heh...kinda' funny, eh?
Re: Country Cook: Also, the flying spaghetti monster burped.
There is no Jesus, and keep your religion to yourself if you want to believe in Fairy tales go right ahead
Shut up and meet a doc soon. If there ever was a god and if he died for the sins of mankind, it must certainly include for freaks like you who misrepresent everything.
Really? Give me a break. Haven't we learned our lesson before with this kind of nonsense?
Oh get a grip and try learning about science. No sky wizards here, just good ole fashion geology.
Nonsense
It came to you-hahahaha. you must be retarded. Earthquakes have been and are a constant since the beginning of this planet. You don't have half a brain in your head if you believe that an earthquake, One of over 8000 that happen every year on this earth is something that will predict end times. And the stock market's now normal changes came to you. The stock market constantly changes with the eb and flow of markets and just because we had an unforeseen time of prosperity in the mid to late 90's does not mean that that was how it really works. Grow up and work on getting some common sense
Sounds like someone has been watching too much of Porter Stansberry's online video.
Now I understand why innocent children develop cancer!! They're being punished for their political leanings. Cut it out, Suzy! Just cause you're 20 months old doesn't mean you shouldn't be marching on Washington! There is nothing in the whole universe that God cares about more than a bunch of stupid tribal humans refusing to share real estate. Get used to it. And stop crying about how you didn't do anything to deserve cancer. Everything happens for a reason!!
Honestly! Could you be any crazier? It's not judgment from God. It was an EARTHQUAKE for goodness sake. Pure and simple. Why does every natural occurrence or disaster, or even man-made for that matter, have to be a sign that judgment is coming or that the world is going to end? Move on.
I just hope you remember this post 10 years from now, when the world hasn't come to an end and Jesus still hasn't taken your soul, how naive and blinded by religion you are, and hopefully you come to your senses.
was felt Parkersburg WV and Marietta Ohio
Felt it at the Manhasset Public Library, Long Island, NY. The building was shaking and lights flickered.
Wow, the Angel of Death could not do better than 5.9? No wonder why Judgement Day is taking so long, the Angels just don't have the right tools.
I live in a nurseing home in Providence Rhode Island my bed started shakeing and my table with my laptop on it at first I thought thay gave me the wrong meds freaked me out a little bit....
Felt in South Norwalk CT building tremor
Must have been a tremor in the Force....
didn't feel a thing...was in a Target in Farmingdale, NY...my receipt said 1:51PM...weird...maybe i have super powers...or maybe the building does.
The dark side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
We felt it here in Johnson City, Tn. Was shaking the computer back and forth.
Felt in Chatt TN too!!
We felt the earthquake here in Bloomfield, CT too. It lasted for a few minutes. The building was swaying not just vibrating!!
I felt our buildings sway and i still feel nauseous from it.
I felt it in Abingdon, VA (near Bristol where race is this weekend).
WOODSTOCK, Georgia... thought something hit my hit my sofa no one here but me. switched to cnn and saw earthquake hit.
H.A.A.R.P. !!!
We had the whole hospital shake for 30 seconds twice. The parking lot had the cars shaking. We were wondering if more is coming, if we had to evacuate ?
evacuate! more is coming!
wow. i cant believe i felt that all the way in marlboro, nj
We felt it here in Fort Lee, New Jersey ... the building started to sway and then another time ... very uncomfortable feeling.