Quake halts New Haven Open

New Haven - Play was stopped and the venue evacuated at the New Haven Open in Connecticut on Tuesday after an earthquake that originated in Virginia shook the stadium on the Yale campus.

The stadium was evacuated during the third game of a match between Jelena Jankovic of Serbia and Elena Vesnina of Russia. The stadium began shaking, and water bottles sloshed back and forth. Spectators felt three waves of shaking, and the umpire halted play.

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Virginia, shook much of Washington DC and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City.

New Haven police and fire officials were checking the structure for damage as fans stood outside.