text: One place that reported damage was the landmark National Cathedral in Washington. Several pinnacles in one of the towers cracked or broke off, a security official at the cathedral said. The cathedral's central tower also appeared to be damaged, and the building has been closed to the public until further notice.The National Park Service also indefinitely closed the Washington Monument after engineers found cracks near the top of it, The Associated Press reported.
  At the Smithsonian Institution castle, plaster in offices cracked and fell.But over all, the biggest problem in Washington may have been the giant traffic jams that formed as tens of thousands of workers left the city after the tremor. Tourists, with nowhere else to go, packed the streets. Debris had fallen from a few buildings, city officials said.