Governor Bob McDonnell says preliminary inspections show that Virginia weathered yesterday’s 5.8 earthquake well.

Earthquakes of the magnitude recorded yesterday are unusual along the East Coast, and as a result, most structures are not strong enough and most government agencies not prepared enough, according to Jimmy Martin, Virginia Tech’s Director of the Disaster Risk Management Institute. Charles Fishburne talked with him as reports were coming in from across the state.

VCU Police yesterday repeated their warnings to new and returning students about campus safety, following an armed robbery of two students early Monday morning.

The Army has been ordered to reduce the size of its civilian workforce by more than 8,700 positions by the end of next month.