People evacuated from an office building walk around in Manhattan. A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey reported on its website.
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New Yorkers take to the streets in panic after tremors from an earthquake in Virginia were felt in New York City.
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A unidentfied woman reacts after rushing out of the Manhattan Criminal Court building in downtown Manhattan. A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey reported on its website.
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People evacuated from an office building talk on their phones in Manhattan.
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New Yorkers take to the streets in panic after tremors from an earthquake in Virginia were felt in New York City.
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People evacuate the courthouse after an earthquake was felt in New York. One of the strongest earthquakes to strike the US east coast in decades rattled offices in downtown Washington and caused panicked evacuations from skyscrapers as far away as New York.
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People evacuate buildings on Broadway in New York City after a magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes states on the east coast.
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Office workers gather on a sidewalk after their building was evacuated following an earthquake that was felt in New York.
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Office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington, moments after a 5.8 tremor shook the nation’s capitol. The earthquake was centered northwest of Richmond, Va., and shook much of Washington, D.C. It was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.
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A US Park Service helicopter patrols over the White House in Washington, as a member of the Secret Service walks across the roof of the White House following an earthquake in the Washington, DC area.
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People crowd Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, as buildings were evacuated following an earthquake.
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People check their phones as they wait outside of an office building after an earthquake was felt in Baltimore.
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People who came out on the street after an earthquake look up at a window that cracked during the quake on Market Street in Philadelphia.
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People stand in the street in downtown Washington, after office buildings where evacuated.
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People stand on the street in Washington, after evacuating from buildings following an earthquake in Washington. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake was centered northwest of Richmond, Va.
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People use the stairs to evacuate a building in Washington, after an earthquake hit the area. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake was centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C.
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Jessi McLaughlin, left, was leading a group of Mary Baldwin College students on a tour of downtown Staunton when an earthquake was felt, in Staunton, Va.
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Kerry Schlueter, left, holds a laptop for Damon Watts as he tries to find information on an earthquake that was felt in Baltimore while waiting outside of an office building.
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Co-workers Peggy Shanks, left, and Terri DeLibro sit on a bench outside of an office building as Shanks calls her granddaughter after an earthquake was felt in Baltimore.
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Pedestrians stand in the streets of downtown Washington, DC after an 5.8 earthquake forced evacuations.
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