NEW YORK--A magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook parts of the mid-Atlantic U.S. and New England Tuesday afternoon sent workers and residents streaming outdoors. In lower Manhattan , surrounding the Scientific American office, vehicle traffic quickly came to a standstill--with New York Police Department officers ordering drivers to back their vehicles out of the Holland Tunnel
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