Earthquake felt throughout Connecticut

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An earthquake twith its epicenmter near Washington DC was felt up and down the East Coast, including Connecticut.
"I thought it would stop and it didn't'' said Paul Steinmetz, spokesman for Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. "I sat there and watched the plants shake for 20 seconds.''

"My chair started rolling, said Bruce Nadlet of Jarrod Drive in Danbury. "I was swaying."
Play at the New Haven Open tennis tournament was delayed because of the tremors, and municipal buildings in several cities throughout Fairfield and New Haven counties were evacuated.
A woman who answered the phone at Weston Observatory, which tracks earthquakes, said "We are having a large earthquake that we are trying to track at the moment."
"We are being inundated (with calls)."
Stamford police dispatchers reported receiving multiple calls about the ground shaking and there were reports of people leaving some office buildings on Summer Street.



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