5.8 earthquake 90 miles from Washington DC

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Now the USGS is calling it a 5.9 magnitude quake.

For details and map, click on:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-85.-75.php

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There is no truth to the rumor that it was just the Founding Fathers rolling over in their graves.

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At least one thing was predictable (see highlighted line):

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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-08-23-14-05-37

Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast

Aug 23, 2:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Georgia to Martha's Vineyard, the Massachusetts island where President Barack Obama is vacationing. No injuries were immediately reported.

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Obama and many of the nation's leaders were out of town on August vacation when the quake struck at 1:51 p.m. EDT. The shaking was felt on the Martha's Vineyard golf course as Obama was just starting a round.