Security Cam Footage of the Day: Meanwhile, inside the Washington Monument during last month's East Coast Earthquake, things get monumentally terrifying.

The National Park Service announced yesterday that the Monument will remain closed indefinitely due to structural damage. Metaphor much?

One Man's Earthquake Is Another Man's Miracle of the Day: A 75-year-old cancer patient at D.C.'s Veterans Affairs Hospital regained his hearing after the 5.8 East Coast Earthquake unclogged some fluid that was blocking his middle ear.

Robert Valderzak lost his hearing last Father's Day, when he fractured his skull after falling. "He had conductive hearing loss, caused by fluid

Morning Links:

• Above: East Coast Earthquake survivor Jonathan Berg shows off his new commemorative tattoo. (via/via.)

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Morning Links:

• Earthquake Devastation: #Anatomy of a #SUPER #TRENDING Tweet.

• The Funniest Internet Reactions to the East Coast Earthquake.

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• East Coast Earthquake: Three aftershocks reported in wake of East Coast Earthquake, largest one a 4.2; earthquake forces shutdown of V

Damn Nature U Scary of the Day: Truly Shocking footage captured live during the 2011 Virginia earthquake.

Warning: EXTREMELY GRAPHIC.

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Explainer of the Day: Apparently quite a few people reported reading tweets about today's East Coast earthquake before feeling it themselves.

xkcd prophetically explained this phenomenon in an April 2010 strip entitled "Seismic Waves":