Top of the Hour: Earthquake Rattles East Coast, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

Millions of residents along the East Coast of the United States felt a magnitude 5.8 earthquake yesterday. Though the epicenter was in Virginia, tremors were felt all the way up to New York and New England, and south to North Carolina.

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