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What Were You Doing When the Earth Shook?

Chathamites share experience of a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia that was felt up the East Coast.

Chatham residents were shaken by an earthquake Tuesday at approximately 1:50 p.m. For some, it was the first earthquake they'd ever felt.

The earthquake's epicenter was in northern Virginia. It measured a 5.8 on the Richter scale.

Hear how some people in Chatham reacted when they felt the ground shake.

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