Crime & Safety
Magnitude 5.8 Earthquake Strikes VA
Here are local reports from northern Patches covering the earthquake.

Fredericksburg, VA--A terrible trembling has apparently shaken the city of Fredericksburg and other areas in northern Virginia. The incident happened around 1:50 p.m. Details are scarce at the moment, but Twitter is lighting up with reports of tremors in Fredericksburg, King George and Manassas among others.
The tremors sent people scurrying into the streets here near the home offices of Fredericksburg Patch on Forbes Street.
Hector Correra, a painter working at 1314 Caroline St. was on top of a ladder scraping paint when the quake struck.
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"It was weird," said the shaken Correra. He said he's never felt an earthquake in Virginia before.
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