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" Americans up and down the east coast felt the tremors from a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that struck near Mineral, Va. this afternoon. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was only 41 miles from Richmond, Va., and 83 miles from Washington, D.C.  The quake happened just about 1 kilometer, or barely more than half a mile, below ground. That helped the tremors spread through the Mid-Atlantic region. Here the PM&amp;#039;s home, the 23rd floor of the Hearst Tower in Manhattan, the shaking brought work to a quick standstill as we raced to the USGS website to see the extent of the quake\u2014and to Twitter to see reports flooding in from people reporting that they felt the earthquake. (We admit it: Curiosity gets the best of our survival instincts sometimes.) The 5.9 quake also produced some fascinating visualizations on one of our iPad creations. Before PM began offering monthly issues on the iPad, our first tablet foray was the PM Special app, and one of its special features was an up-to-the-minute map of seismic activity in the U.S. So you can imagine our excitement when we felt tremors here in the office and then saw the data show up in our app. You can see the screen shot above. And if you felt the quake at your home or office, you can help the USGS gather more data by reporting it on their site. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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