Earth quake in D.C. area?

Question

Was there an earth quake in the Washington, D.C. area? I didn't feel it, but a lot of people felt some thing around 1:30pm EST today, even places 5-10 miles away from my school. Do you know any thing about this?

Answer 1

The USGS website now shows the quake.  Check it out at the link below.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rece...

Answer 2

Yup! Check out the WTOP Web site. There's a whole story on it. (http://www.wtop.com/)

Answer 3

Must be caused by global warming