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According to Washington Post "D.C. Fire officials were investigating reports of significant cracks in buildings at the Ecuadorian Embassy and Bell Multicultural School, said Pete Piringer, a spokesman."

I walked by the Ecuadorian Embassy on the way back from DCUSA. For some reason that whole section of Columbia Heights seemed to sustain quite a bit of damage, perhaps it's the bedrock there and older brick structures. DC police did a good job getting to the scene quickly to evacuate residents and blocking off the area.

My heart is still racing lol Really just an unreal feeling. Wasn't too bad at first, just a light roll, and then heavy jolting, probably exacerbated by being on the second floor of the DCUSA big box Target. As the shaking got worse everyone just dropped their purchases and began running to the escalators. But bad enough where things were falling from the shelves and small debris was falling from the ceiling.

Think the region was lucky it topped out at a 5.8. Definitely saw a decent bit of damage to older structures, lots of chimneys down, etc.

it's got a huge roof etc, but it's also really new. ppl were focusing on which buildings were new and old on my street at work but i dont think it matters that much with the codes here.

Yah we were in the Target. Things were falling off the shelves. People immediately started running down the escalators.

parts of DCUSA (Columbia Heights) roof collapsed.. national harbor parking facility significant damage according to reports

I was in DCUSA at the time. It was incredible.