WASHINGTON - A powerful earthquake struck the eastern coast of the United States on Tuesday, shook buildings in the U.S. and led to terrorize thousands of office workers fled to the streets.
There were no reports of major damage or injuries caused by the earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 and was centered in Mineral, Virginia.
This was the strongest to hit the state of Virginia since 1897 and was at a shallow depth, adding to its strength.
And closed two reactors at a power station Nooyan North I in the state of Virginia after a power outage from the station, but the company that operates the reactors said there had been no major damage. And will remain closed until the reactors can be safely reboot.
It was the evacuation of the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense (Alneptajohn) and the White House and Capitol Hill in Washington and rushed thousands of workers took to the streets after the earthquake, which occurred at lunchtime to drop things on the ground from store shelves and offices.
Said Larry Beach, who works at the U.S. Agency for International Development in downtown Washington at a distance of 133 km from the epicenter of the quake, "we Ntargeh. Was certainly strong." He returned federal workers in Washington to go home early.
And hit the Washington National Cathedral funeral ceremony, which saw many of the heads of the United States to break the damage where three peaks in the East Cathedral tower.
Do not feel the east coast of the United States earthquakes usually strongly as it did on Tuesday. The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake at 5.8 degrees to reduce the previous estimate of 5.9.
And cause earthquakes, which range between 5.5 degree its six Drhat usually damage to buildings and other facilities.
As if that were rarely strong earthquake was not enough Vistad the east coast of Hurricane Irene also strong coming from the Caribbean, which may reach over the weekend.
The quake to swing the chandeliers shook Capitol Hill by the Senate before working out. And Congress in recess and most members are not there.
Said Wendy Auskarson Kirchner Assistant Senate "I thought at first that someone shakes my seat and then I thought it might be a bomb."
And disrupted phone service across the region and resulted in a scramble for mobile phone calls to the inability of users to make calls.
In New York, was forced authorities to evacuate the courts and the municipal building after the earthquake, which caused also stopped working in the World Trade Center site.
Evacuated and watchtowers Bmtara John F. Kennedy in New York and New Ark of Liberty in New Jersey, delayed flights temporarily in Washington, Philadelphia and New York. The quake was felt up to Toronto and evacuated buildings in Boston.
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