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**FILE** A copy of Newsweek is seen Oct. 18, 2012, at Joe's Smoke Shop in Portland, Maine. (Associated Press)
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A Lebanese rescue worker (center) helps an injured man at the scene of an car bomb explosion Oct. 19, 2012, in the mostly Christian neighborhood of Achrafiyeh in Beirut. (Associated Press)
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San Francisco 49ers tight end Delanie Walker (46) scores on a 12-yard touchdown reception past Seattle Seahawks free safety Earl Thomas (29) during the third quarter of an NFL game in San Francisco, Thursday, Oct. 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Free safety Madieu Williams tipped the pylon to score off an interception during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s victory over Minnesota. (Preston Keres/Special to The Washington Times)
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Sung Kim, right, employee at Sammy's Liquor in Northeast Washington, D.C., gives support to store owner, Dae Yoon, as he tries to re-rack several glass bottles of liquor that were dislodged during a 5.9 magnitude earthquake in the District on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. (Pratik Shah/The Washington Times)
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Office workers flood District streets in Chinatown in Northwest after a 5.9 earthquake in Virginia is felt in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, August 23, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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A U.S. Capitol Police officer directs a cyclist away from the Capitol building on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. All buildings downtown are evacuated Tuesday following a 5.9 earthquake whose epicenter was in Mineral, Va., east of Charlottesville, but whose effects could be felt up the entire Eastern seaboard, including Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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A stone cherub which use to sit atop the center tower's corner spire of the National Cathedral, lays shattered on the roof, Wednesday, August 24, 2011, in Washington D.C. The cause of the damage was due to Tuesday's 5.8-magnitude earthquake.
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"Difficult Access Team" engineers Katie Francis, bottom right, and Ema Cardini, left, talk with Team Leader Erik Sohn after they finish repeling down the west front façade of the Washington National Cathedral to check for possible damage from a magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the East Coast on August 23, Washington, DC, Monday, October 17, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Austin Wright works on the roof of the historic Cuckoo house, built by the Pendleton family in 1819 just outside Mineral Va., which lost both its chimneys and two walls in last year's earthquake and according to contractors on site, will take approximately one million dollars to repair, Cuckoo, Va., Tuesday, August 21, 2012. Thursday, August 23, 2012 marks the one year anniversary of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit nearby Mineral, Va., causing millions of dollars worth of damage and was felt in nearly every state along the east coast. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Assistant project manager Brandon Chambers watches as demolition begins on Louisa County High School two days before the one year anniversary of the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that hit near Mineral, Va., causing millions of dollars worth of damage and was felt in nearly every state along the east coast, Mineral, Va., Tuesday, August 21, 2012. The school sustained massive structural damage and was deemed unsafe, forcing all their students to move into nearby trailers. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Andy Dimitriou of Chicago, Ill., Judy Franklin of Las Vegas, Nev., her sister Janice Hoffman of Chicago, Ill., and Michael Franklin of Las Vegas, Nev. walks up to a temporary barrier to get a close up look at the closed National Monument as the National Park Service announces that Perini Management Services, Inc. of Framingham, Mass. will be the contractor tasked with repairing the earthquake damage to the Washington Monument at a press conference, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 26, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Seventh graders Jack Dooley, 12, Alex Letchworth, 12, and Scott Browoning, 13, and their fellow classmates at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Seventh grader Miguel Ortega, 12, right, and his fellow classmates at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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A students hands can be seen holding onto a desk as seventh graders at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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U.S. Geological Survey Director Marcia McNutt speaks to Langston Hughes Middle School about her job and the roll her organization has with earthquakes following the school's participation in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Left to right: Seventh graders Ambika Minocha, 12, Alex Letchworth, 12, and Scott Browoning, 13, and their fellow classmates at Langston Hughes Middle School drop under their desk and hold on as they participate in the Great ShakeOut national earthquake drill, Reston, Va., Thursday, October 18, 2012. Students in the Washington, D.C. region are now participating in the earthquake preparation program for the first time after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck the area in August 2011. According to the program's website, an estimated 18 million people are participating this year. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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5Ground crew covers the field during a rain delay of Game 3 of baseball's National League championship series between the St. Louis Cardinals and San Francisco Giants, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
