East Coast Shakes! 5.9 Quake Leads to Evacuations and Vast Media Focus

An earthquake of 5.9 magnitude centered in Virginia hit the East Coast about 11 a.m. Tuesday (Pacific time), with many evacuations from Washington, D.C., to New York City and south to the Carolinas. An earthquake of the same magnitude would probably generate less concern in Southern California.

What advice would you give residents and officials on the Atlantic Coast?

Have any friends and neighbors shared 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