DETROIT – The 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia that shook Washington, D.C., on Tuesday was also felt in Michigan.
The U.S. Geological Survey organization confirmed the earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City at 1:51 p.m.
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The quake sent hundreds of people spilling into the street a block from the White House, with other buildings evacuated in North Carolina and tremors felt as far away as New York City.
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The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake was 3.7 miles deep. Shaking was felt at the White House and all over the East Coast, as far south as Chapel Hill, N.C. Parts of the Pentagon, White House and Capitol were evacuated. The quake was in Mineral, Va., in Louisa County.
No injuries were immediately reported.
Residents in Southfield, Troy, Farmington Hills, Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Rochester Hills, Romulus, Ypsilanti Township, Detroit and several other communities.
?I was kind of trying to figure out what was happening because my feet were kind of shaking and the windows were kind of moving,? said Matt Ran, who was working in Southfield when he felt the ground tremble.
His coworker, Ethan Weisman, said he noticed his office walls vibrating.
?The two paintings on the walls started shaking and the floors were shaking a little bit,? he said.
Weisman said his first instinct was to see if anything about the shakes were on Twitter.
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Earlier in the day on Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard and more than 60 U.S. and Canadian agencies staged a security exercise on the Detroit River. The drill that began Tuesday morning involves a simulated explosion on a boat; an evacuation of passengers and an oil spill on the Detroit River.
Michigan Lt. Gov. Brian Calley and Detroit Mayor Dave Bing said the city is prepared to handle an earthquake-type event.
?You never know the magnitude of something like that. It was in the D.C. area, either a 5.9 or a 6.0, and we felt some of the shocks here,? Bing said.
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