East Coast Wimps? 5.8 Quake Leads to Some Damage, Vast Media Focus

An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude centered in Virginia hit the East Coast about 11 a.m. Tuesday (Pacific time), with some evacuations and damage reported from Washington, D.C., to New York City and south to the Carolinas.

This event would generate less concern in Southern California. What advice would you give residents and officials on the Atlantic Coast? Have any friends and neighbors sharing their eyewitness accounts?

Hundreds of Patch sites in the East, South and Midwest will have up-to-date coverage. Search for towns covered at Patch.com. Patch is a national network of nearly 900 community news sites.

Here are some other news accounts:

• Coverage in Huffington Post
• Coverage in The New York Times
• Georgetown Patch in D.C. area
•  in northern Virginia