West Virginia Affected By Virginia Earthquake

• {West Virginia}...The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves from South Carolina to Maine on Tuesday. Office workers spilled into the streets in New York, and parts of the White House, Capitol and Pentagon were evacuated. The U.S. Geological Survey reports an earthquake hit between Charlottesville and Richmond, Virginia, centered four miles from Louisa, Virginia, Tuesday afternoon. Louisa is situated 41 miles northwest of Richmond and 83 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. The quake of 5.8 magnitude shook the east coast of the U.S. around 2:00 P.M. Several buildings in downtown Charleston and across southern W.Va. were evacuated, including the Capitol building in Charleston. A guard at Cabell Midland High School in Huntington said he felt the ground shaking as well as the entire guard facility. Workers in South Charleston had to leave several buildings in that city. Aftershock of the quake could be felt as far away as New York City, Washington, D.C., North Carolina and Ohio. Experts say this is one of the largest earthquakes on the east coast in quite a while. An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 was reported in Colorado Monday night.