Above All Else, Eastern Quake Rattles Nerves
Office workers gathered on a sidewalk in Washington on Tuesday afternoon moments after an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 rumbled through the city. More Photos »
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE
Published: August 23, 2011
Of all the things there are to worry about, earthquakes are fairly low on the list for those on the East Coast. So it was startling, just as the lunch hour was ending Tuesday and workers in a broad area of North America were settling back into their cubicles, when floors began to shake and chairs rocked.
13 Plants Felt Earthquake, but Reactors Were Spared
By MATTHEW L. WALD
Published: August 25, 2011
WASHINGTON — The earthquake Tuesday in the Eastern United States was felt at 13 locations with nuclear power plants, from North Carolina to Michigan, but reactors shut down at only one, North Anna in Virginia, 10 miles from the epicenter. There was no damage to nuclear systems at any of the sites, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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