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Shepard Smith: Everything is Fine

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    No cause for panic on East Coast after tremor

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From New York.

That mid East Coast appears to be for reasons unknown in a bit of the freak out mode and and and that's a mistake.

Here -- the facts.

And than usual event has happened on the East Coast in that there's been a larger than normal earthquake.

We don't have a single report of significant damage we have zero reports in the entirety of the united states of a single.

And at the single injury.

What appears to have happened is buildings had shake up and down the East Coast and as a result.

Through an abundance of caution people who run these buildings in these facilities are now going to check them.

And while they check them people are asked not to be in them.

So the collective best thing to do is realize cell phone service is crashing because too many people are on the phones.

So we don't have an emergency the emergency managers at some point very soon it will come forward ask us to not use the phones unless you need to.

And all of this people evacuating and the pictures seems to be ratcheting up a sense of panic that is.

Completely unnecessary.

And absolutely counterproductive again for some context and perspective.

There was an earthquake in Virginia less than an hour ago some building shook it scared some people and it's over could there be aftershocks there could.

We hit -- a Twitter FaceBook world.

We have no pictures of any damage anywhere that's not to say we won't get some.

But I think the important thing to remember right now is there is no cause -- -- May be bridges are closed may -- your building is evacuated in and out of an abundance of caution.

That's all it is they're not used to this sort of thing happening so now in Times Square.

There are a lot of people out I was there a few minutes ago everything is fine the vast majority of the people in Times Square which is right they -- Felt nothing He felt that in this building it shook.

Now it's over and as far as we can tell nothing has happened.

So authorities from Canada.

To North Carolina are now checking buildings in checking structures to make sure they're okay.

And there's a lot of speculating going on cops are going maybe this is leaning in people who -- maybe this happened and but so far nothing has happened.

With that -- are beginning will now Begin to go across the country to show you what we're -- -- Which for the most part.

Is not --

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