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By National Journal Staff

Updated: August 23, 2012 | 9:52 a.m.
August 23, 2012 | 9:45 a.m.

Daniel Gach fixes his line from atop the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. Engineers have resumed a daredevil exterior inspection of the Washington Monument to look for damage caused by last month's earthquake. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

It's been a year since a 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia rocked the East Coast. While the devastation wasn't quite has horrendous as some (see: Twitter) made it out to be, the quake did still make a mess of the Washington, D.C., area. One year later, the damage to the National Mall and the National Cathedral still have not been fully repaired.

Want to relive the memories? Check out the pictures below of the quake and the months after.

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<p>On March 13, a geodesist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Geodetic Survey uses an instrument to measure elevation on the National Mall to assess damage from last August's earthquake.</p> - AP Photo/Charles Dharapak

<p>Daniel Gach fixes his line from atop the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington on Sept. 29, 2011. Engineers have resumed an inspection of the Washington Monument to look for damage caused by August's earthquake. </p> - AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

<p>Members of the difficult access team of engineers dangle on the facade of the Washington National Cathedral in on Oct. 17, 2011, checking for damage from the East Coast earthquake. </p>
<p> </p> - AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta

<p>A helicopter flies near the Washington Monument on Aug. 23, 2011, to survey its exterior for damage after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake struck in Virginia. </p> - PHOTO: CHIP SOMODEVILLA/GETTY IMAGES

<p>Police tape is seen in front of the National Cathedral in Washington after a piece of one of the spires fell off after the earthquake. </p> - AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais

<p>Evacuees crowd M Street Southeast in Washington.</p> - PHOTO: JULIA EDWARDS

<p>Traffic backs up on South Capitol Street after the earthquake: nearly everyone heading away from the Capitol and a few heading toward it.</p> - PHOTO: JULIA EDWARDS

<p>People evacuate at the Kennedy Center after the earthquake.</p> - PHOTO: ALISSA SWANGO

<p>People leave the New York State Supreme Court after the earthquake centered in Virginia was felt in the New York area.</p> - PHOTO: STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images

<p>Suzanne Beatty comforts her son on a street in TriBeCa in New York City after the earthquake struck.</p> - PHOTO: ANDREW BURTON/GETTY IMAGES

<p>Capitol Police officers secure the streets outside the U.S. Capitol following the quake.</p> - PHOTO: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images

<p>Office workers and others gather in the street after an earthquake struck Washington.</p> - PHOTO: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

<p>Staffers evacuate the U.S. Capitol following the earthquake.</p> - PHOTO: FAWN JOHNSON

<p>People stand outside the Capitol after it was evacuated during the earthquake that struck the East Coast.</p> - PHOTO: FAWN JOHNSON

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