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Photos: Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake in New York and Other East Coast State


New York

( Brendan McDermid / Reuters / August 23, 2011 )
Workers evacuate a courthouse in Manhattan after an earthquake shakes New York and other East Coast states.

Baltimore

(Patrick Semansky / Associated Press / August 23, 2011)
Evacuated office workers in Baltimore, with a Baltimore Gas & Electric employee in the foreground, wait for word.

Washington, D.C.

( J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press / August 23, 2011 )
Evacuated workers on a downtown sidewalk in the nation's capital.

Washington, D.C.

( J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press / August 23, 2011 )
Evacuated workers on a downtown sidewalk in the nation's capital.


Communicating

(Patrick Semansky, Associated Press / August 23, 2011)
People turn to their cellphones outside a Baltimore office building.

Court adjourned

(BRENDAN MCDERMID, Reuters / August 23, 2011)
Workers leave a state courthouse building in New York.

Relief

(Patrick Semansky, Associated Press / August 23, 2011)
Susan Sproul, left, and Susan Davidson hug after evacuating from their building in Baltimore,

On foot

(Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press / August 23, 2011)
Pedestrians crowd a downtown Washington intersection after office buildings were evacuated.

Recess called

(BRENDAN MCDERMID, Reuters / August 23, 2011)
Court officers stand outside an evacuated New York state courthouse building in Lower Manhattan.

Checking in

(Patrick Semansky, Associated Press / August 23, 2011)
Peggy Shanks, left, calls her granddaughter while sitting with co-worker Terri DeLibro outside an evacuated Baltimore office building.

Quake mapping

(U.S. Geological Survey / August 23, 2011)
A map as displayed on the U.S. Geological Survey's website after the quake. The red square, indicating earthquake activity in the preceding hour, shows the earthquake's epicenter in Virginia. The blue symbol indicates a quake activity in the preceding 24 hours.
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East Coast earthquake's epicenter near a nuclear plant


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