An update as of 1:45pm from the AP:
THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS A 5.9 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE CENTERED NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND, VA., SHOOK MUCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C. THE SHAKING WAS FELT AS FAR NORTH AS THE MARTHA'S VINEYARD, MASS., GOLF COURSE WHERE PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WAS JUST STARTING A ROUND. THE GEOLOGICAL AGENCY SAYS THE EARTHQUAKE, WHICH STRUCK AT 1:51 P.M. EDST, WAS HALF A MILE DEEP AND
Department of Environmental Quality officials are continuing to investigate an extensive fish kill incident that affected the Pearl River in Washington and St. Tammany parishes.