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Image courtesy of iStockphoto/kickers A magnitude 5.8 earthquake that shook buildings and sent people in New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and surrounding areas streaming outside into the summer weather on August 23 might seem like small shakes for residents of more quake-prone regions of the nation. [More]

On August 23, 2011, a rare, magnitude 5.8 quake struck in Virginia and jolted the East Coast. Here are stories about the event and background on earthquake science [More]

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If you live anywhere between North Carolina and Connecticut, chances are you felt the earth shake a couple of hours ago. [More]

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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Minutes ago, our 17-story building swayed side to side for a few seconds. [More]

WASHINGTON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - An earthquake shookWashigton on Tuesday, and the U.S. Capitol building, the [More]

The National Science Foundation has closed its investigation into Pennsylvania State University climatologist Michael Mann after finding no evidence of scientific misconduct related to his research. It is the latest in a string of investigations to exonerate scientists involved in the so-called "Climategate" email scandal.

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