UPDATE: CNN reports Nuke plant 11 miles from epicenter is running on back up power.
We just had an earthquake here in DC. CNN reported it was a 5.8. Check out the Twitter feed at the end of this post, and watch people react as the earthquake hits DC.
USGS just reported that it was a 5.9, striking 83 miles southwest of DC.
Info. from US Geological Survey is here . This is the USGS map:
I live on the fifth floor and my building was shaking pretty intensely. My partner, Carlos, is home today. He's from the Bay Area so knew we had to stand under an internal door. Easily the biggest earthquake I've ever experienced. Unexpected -- and intense.
UPDATE: Watch the earthquake hit, on Twitter -- this is John's Twitter feed, a lot of his/our friends and colleagues are in DC -- as always, read from the bottom up on Twitter. The coolest part is watching it hit DC first (from the bottom), then NY, then finally Boston:
