WASHINGTON — Thousands of people were evacuating buildings across the Washington, D.C., area on Tuesday after a moderate earthquake miles away in Virginia that was also felt in the Northeast and as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C.

Parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol were among the areas evacuated.

Centered 87 miles from the nation's capital, the quake was a magnitude 6.0, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

At the U.S. Capitol, light fixtures swung and the building shook for about 15 seconds while the tremor hit, NBC News reported.

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Oh no! Light fixtures swung? That's soooo horrible. Worst day ever.

Please. That's not an earthquake. That's a tremor.

Go back to robbing the middle class, Washington DC. When you get a real earthquake, we'll let you know.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

Drop 6 inches of Snow in SoCal.. it would be the end of days.. lol.

Other parts of the country seem to notice when the earth shakes.. building codes are designed for it.. and well it just seems plain odd.

I expect California to shake and someday fall into the ocean.. not NYC or DC.

Originally Posted by: Pack93z 

Yes. Don't buy land in California. 95 millions years from now, it will be under Alaska (literally).

Geology moves very slowly, amigo. We'll be long dead before California moves into the ocean. I know everyone in America hates Californians (and Texans), but it's not gonna happen in our lifetime. Florida will actually be covered in water millions of years before California will.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

Geology moves very slowly, amigo. We'll be long dead before California moves into the ocean. I know everyone in America hates Californians (and Texans), but it's not gonna happen in our lifetime. Florida will actually be covered in water millions of years before California will.

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer