City Hall Reopens After Quake

The was felt in Easton, and led to the evacuation of City Hall.

No injuries or major damage was reported, but Mayor Sal Panto said would be closed for the rest of the day until a structural engineer could come in to inspect the building.

By Tuesday night, the city had posted an announcement on its websitesaying the inspectors had found no damage, and that city hall would be open Wednesday.

The mayor said the engineer would look for structural damage or "anything that looks different." At one point, Panto looked up at the second floor of the building. "Does anybody remember those cracks?" 

They were barely visible, and no one could tell if they were new.

Employees were allowed to go in and collect their belongings, but were then sent home.

Workers in the city's finance department said they felt the tremors in their second floor office.

"It was five seconds, and I felt like I was getting dizzy," said employee Linda Male. "Then it stopped and it started again. It was scary."

Her co-worker Ann Peake said the tremors caused the wheeled chairs in the office to move on their own.

"You thought there was a truck going by," she said. "We're concerned. It's a tall-building. You can't get out in a hurry."