Our last, best hope for Washington -- that it would be destroyed by the horrible emergence of subterranean monstrosities -- came tantalizingly close to reality on Tuesday, when a magnitude 2.0 earthquake shook the D.C. area. What was it, and why is the government claiming and then denying responsibility for the loud booms from Beneath the Earth?
Mysterious Earthquake Fails To Destroy D.C.
Mysterious Earthquake Fails To Destroy D.C.
Mysterious Earthquake Fails To Destroy D.C.
Our last, best hope for Washington -- that it would be destroyed by the horrible emergence of subterranean monstrosities -- came tantalizingly close to reality on Tuesday, when a magnitude 2.0 earthquake shook the D.C. area. What was it, and why is the government claiming and then denying responsibility for the loud booms from Beneath the Earth?