5.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt, Recorded

The 5.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt in the metro Atlanta area, according to various reports. also recorded it on its seismograph.

"This is major news – the White House and the Pentagon have been evacuated and there are ," said Curator Julian Gray. "A magnitude 5.9 is huge and very rare in these , but they do occasionally happen...The and the seismic waves arrived at Tellus in just under two minutes."

In midtown Atlanta, residents felt the quake.

"Around 1:55 p.m., [my husband] Stuart and I experienced an earthquake tremor at our address," . "There was enough movement to cause artwork to shake on the walls, pendant lights to sway, plants to sway, doors to rattle, etc. No damage or injuries that we know of."

Here's what Marietta residents are tweeting on Twitter: 

• rightsideonly4 Aaron Williams
  Marietta didn't HAVE an earthquake, we FELT an earthquake. There would be a huge difference.
• jordanmktg Tiffiany
  The earthquake was felt in #Atlana? Guess it missed Marietta.
• brokenpastor Jim Moon Jr
  I think we are having a slight earthquake here in Marietta GA. Is that possible? Or am I tripping out?

Gray said also detected the 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Colorado last night, but it's "highly unlikely that these events are related."

"There was a shallow (2.5-mile deep) magnitude 5.3 earthquake in southern Colorado near the New Mexican border over night," Gray said earlier. "People as far away as in western Kansas and northern Colorado felt the quake."

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