york city. you can see this video. the u.s. geological survey estimates 12 million people may have felt this earthquake. in fact, we were shut out of our building here across from the capital. for two hours. we re operating on a skeleton crew right now, even though the building is officially shut down. remember, many buildings on the east coast are not built with earthquakes in mind. so there is a lot of checking and double checking going on even as we speak. let s get more now from the correspondent shannon bream. [ sirens ] reporter: just before 2:00 p.m. eastern time, 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in mineral, virginia, radiated shockwaves up and down the coast, rattling unsuspecting residents from south carolina to canada. two nuclear reactors near the epicenter were taken offline. flights in washington, philadelphia, and new york city area were grounded. the tremors shook the new york press conference where the prosecutors announced all charges in the sexual assault
york city. you can see this video. the u.s. geological survey estimates 12 million people may have felt this earthquake. in fact, we were shut out of our building here across from the capital. for two hours. we re operating on a skeleton crew right now, even though the building is officially shut down. remember, many buildings on the east coast are not built with earthquakes in mind. so there is a lot of checking and double checking going on even as we speak. let s get more now from the correspondent shannon bream. [ sirens ] reporter: just before 2:00 p.m. eastern time, 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in mineral, virginia, radiated shockwaves up and down the coast, rattling unsuspecting residents from south carolina to canada. two nuclear reactors near the epicenter were taken offline. flights in washington, philadelphia, and new york city area were grounded. the tremors shook the new york press conference where the prosecutors announced all charges in the sexual assault
and double checking going on even as we speak. let s get more now from the correspondent shannon bream. [ sirens ] reporter: just before 2:00 p.m. eastern time, 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in mineral, virginia, radiated shockwaves up and down the coast, rattling unsuspecting residents from south carolina to canada. two nuclear reactors near the epicenter were taken offline. flights in washington, philadelphia, and new york city area were grounded. the tremors shook the new york press conference where the prosecutors announced all charges in the sexual assault case against former imf chief dominique strauss-kahn had v been dismissed in washington, thousands working at the pentagon felt the massive building jolted, quickly followed by orders to evacuate immediately. the same warpings rolled across capitol hill. the ground shook significantly. i was not initially clear what was happening. there are relatively few earthquakes in washington. giving the upcoming anniversa