107.9 The River » VA earthquake http://theriver1079.com Casper's Real Rock Variety Thu, 20 Jun 2013 04:44:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Rare East Coast Earthquake Damages National Cathedral, Washington Monument [VIDEO] http://theriver1079.com/east-coast-earthquake-national-cathedral-washington-monument/ http://theriver1079.com/east-coast-earthquake-national-cathedral-washington-monument/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:00:36 +0000 Jade Walker http://tsminteractive.com/?p=40029 The 5.8-magnitude earthquake that unnerved millions of people on the East Coast of the United States on Tuesday forced schools in three states to close and damaged several buildings and federal landmarks.

At least four aftershocks followed the powerful quake, including a 3.4-magnitude tremblor that hit near the nation’s capital overnight.

]]> http://theriver1079.com/east-coast-earthquake-national-cathedral-washington-monument/feed/ 0 Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images NYC Man Gets 'Survived the Quake' Tattoo on His Torso [PICTURE] http://theriver1079.com/nyc-man-gets-survived-the-quake-tattoo-on-his-torso-picture/ http://theriver1079.com/nyc-man-gets-survived-the-quake-tattoo-on-his-torso-picture/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:11:57 +0000 Dylan Schenker http://thefw.com/?p=30744 So you survived the great Northeast earthquake of 2011, now what? You’re going to want people to know you were there when it all went down. How about a tattoo?

That might sound a bit too permanent, but that’s exactly what Jonathan Berg of Brooklyn got on his torso the day after the quake. Tattoo artist Joe Khay of Citizen Ink in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn originally advertised the tattoo he designed as a joke on Facebook, but people actually ended up taking him up on the offer.

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