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What Elkridge is Saying About the Earthquake
See what people were thinking during the quake and in the aftershock.
An earthquake struck Virginia and rattled Maryland Tuesday afternoon. At approximately 1:55 p.m., the quake began, caused by what researchers say is the breaking and shifting of subterranean rock. Tremors extended as far as Boston, according to the Boston Globe, and Cleveland, according to the Associated Press. Here's what people in Elkridge had to say on Twitter.
@jetlife41 2:41 p.m. via Twitter for Android
Earthquake party tonight
@Jeffsix 3:12 p.m. via TweetDeck
Holy. Crap. That would be awesome! RT @KatrinaTrinko: Um... Fox just reported the Washington Monument may be tilting post-earthquake.
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@crystalxglamour 2:49 p.m. via web
I was sitting at my gigs grave in elkridge md when the earthquake happened i thought she was trying to come up & give me a hug lol
@TheHarMan5 2:06 p.m. via Twitter for iPhone
Damnnn 5.8 earthquake in virginia and we felt that shit all the way down here in good ol #elkridge thats crazy shit
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@jetlife41 1:55 p.m. via Twitter for Android
Definately just felt an earthquake in#elkridge
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