Earthquake Hits Virginia

Update - 4:24 p.m.: From FCPS:
"We are receiving damage reports from a number of schools. Those schools will be preliminarily inspected today. If this assessment determines that more extensive structural damage assessment is needed, those buildings will be closed until that is completed. For schools with no reported damage or where our assessment indicates no structural damage, those schools will be allowed to open.  All schools will be inspected this week."

Update - 2:55 p.m.: According to a Washington Post's Capital Weather Gang, USGS director Marcia McNutt has said the quake may not be over. She said if this is a foreshock it could get worse. Read more here.

The last earthquake that shook the region was a 3.9 magnitude quake on July 16, 2010. On Facebook and Twitter we're seeing people as far north as New York and as far south as North Carolina felt it. Some in Ohio and Michigan also say they felt a slight shaking.

Update - 2:43 p.m.: Fairfax County says no known infrastructure damage at this time. VRE trains running slow and will be delayed.

The largest earthquake in Virginia before this was a 4.8 magnitude that happened in 1875, according to USGS.

Original article - 2:20 p.m.: The Herndon area just experienced a rare earthquake, shaking trees, buildings, vehicles and everything else on the ground.

According to USGS a 5.9 magnitude earthquake had struck Mineral, Va., and shook communities along the East Coast at about 1:51 p.m.

Did you have any damage? What's going on where you are?