WASHINGTON -- If you can stomach it, check out this amazing video taken inside the Washington Monument during last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia's Louisa County.
The video, which goes on for more than two minutes, shows tourists -- some with kids clinging to them -- running down the monument's stairs, helped by National Park Service staff, as the obelisk shakes during the Aug. 23, 2011, quake.
The Washington Monument has been closed since the earthquake. In a report released Tuesday, government surveyors said that the quake had not caused the monument to sink (the monument has sunk about 2.2 inches since 1901, but, contrary to expectations, the quake did not cause further settling).
The 90,000-ton obelisk will be closed until 2014 as it undergoes an estimated $15 million in repairs.
August 2011 Earthquake
Aug. 23, 2011 Earthquake(01 of32)
In this Aug. 23, 2011 file photo, office workers gather on the sidewalk in downtown Washington moments after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (credit:AP)
Aug. 23, 2011, Earthquake(02 of32)
Police block off the alley behind the Embassy of Ecuador in D.C.'s Columbia Heights neighborhood after part of the building sustained damages following the Aug. 23, 2011 earthquake. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:AP)
National Cathedral Damage(03 of32)
Light from stained glass windows shines onto safety nets that were installed along the ceiling of the nave at the National Cathedral on Sept. 1, 2011, as a precautionary measure after parts of the structure was damaged in the Aug. 23, 2011, earthquake. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:AP)
National Cathedral Damage(04 of32)
One of the spires of the National Cathedral was heavily damaged during the Aug., 23, 2011, earthquake. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (credit:AP)
Traffic Gridlock Following Quake(05 of32)
Drivers climb out of their cars to survey a traffic jam on 14th Street NW near the Ronald Reagan Building after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the East Coast on Aug. 23, 2011. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
5.8 Earthquake Hits East Coast(06 of32)
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 23: A driver climbs out of his cars to survey a traffic jam on 14th Street NW near the Ronald Reagan Building after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rattled the East Coast August 23, 2011 in Washington, United States. The quake, centered near Miner, Virginia, rattled states from Maine to North Carolina but produced no serious injuries or damage. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Aug. 23, 2011, Earthquake(07 of32)
People crowd Pennsylvania Avenue near Freedom Plaza, on Aug. 23, 2011, as they evacuate buildings after a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. (Photo by Charles Dharapak/AP) (credit:AP)
Aug. 23, 2011, Earthquake(08 of32)
Cars are gridlocked on L Street NW in downtown Washington on Aug. 23, 2011, following a 5.8 magnitude earthquake. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (credit:AP)
Aug. 23, 2011, Earthquake(09 of32)
People stand on in the intersection of H Street NW and New York Avenue near the White House in Washington, on Aug. 23, 2011 after evacuating from buildings following a 5.8 magnitude earthquake that hit the Washington area. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (credit:AP)
Aug. 23, 2011(10 of32)
People stand at 18th Street NW and Pennsylvania Avenue near the World Bank on Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, after office buildings where evacuated following an earthquake in the Washington area. The 5.8 magnitude earthquake centered northwest of Richmond, Va., shook much of Washington, D.C., and was felt as far north as Rhode Island and New York City. (Photo by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) (credit:AP)
National Cathedral Damage(11 of32)
The central tower of the Washington National Cathedral is shrouded in fog as a worker secures a beam on the of the southwest grand pinnacle, in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The Cathedral's central tower pinnacles were damaged by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the East Coast on August 23. The damaged portions of pinnacles are being removed to make the pinnacles and central tower stable until the stonework can be repaired and put back in place. (AP Photo/Nikki Kahn, Pool) (credit:AP)
Union Station(12 of32)
Earthquake repairs in Union Station's Main Hall, as seen in December 2011. (credit:Rachel Tepper)
Union Station(13 of32)
Earthquake repairs in Union Station's Main Hall, as seen in December 2011. (credit:Rachel Tepper)
Union Station(14 of32)
Earthquake repairs in Union Station's Main Hall, as seen in December 2011. (credit:Rachel Tepper)
Union Station(15 of32)
Earthquake repairs in Union Station's Main Hall, as seen in December 2011. (credit:Rachel Tepper)
Union Station(16 of32)
Earthquake repairs in Union Station's Main Hall, as seen in December 2011. (credit:Rachel Tepper)
Washington Monument Damage(17 of32)
In this March 13, 2012, file photo, David Doyle, Chief Geodetic Surveyor with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Geodetic Survey, turns a steel rod at the base of the Washington Monument used for surveying, in Washington. Government surveyors, in a report issued Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012, have found that the Washington Monument did not sink further into the ground as a result of last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake. The upper portion of the monument sustained several large cracks during the August 2011 quake, and it likely will be closed for repairs until 2014. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (credit:AP)
Washington Monument Damage(18 of32)
In this Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Dan Lemieux, manager of the Washington Monument inspection project, holds a loose chunk of marble off the monument damaged by an earthquake. Repairs to the Washington Monument will require massive scaffolding to be built around the 555-foot obelisk and may keep it closed until 2014 after it was damaged by an earthquake last year. (AP Photo/Ben Nuckols, File) (credit:AP)
Washington Monument Damage(19 of32)
A team of engineers, from left, Dan Gach, Emma Cardini, center, and Katie Francis, harnessed to ropes , inspect the exterior of the Washington Monument for damage caused by last month's earthquake, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2011, in Washington. (Photo by Evan Vucci/AP) (credit:AP)
Washington Monument Damage(20 of32)
Emma Cardini, a civil engineer from Melrose, Mass., right, and a member of the difficult access team, dangles by a rope more than 500 feet above ground, with a co-worker Daniel Gach, as they inspect the exterior of the Washington Monument on the National Mall in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011. (Photo by Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP) (credit:AP)
National Cathedral Damage(21 of32)
A girl looks earthquake-damaged pinnacles at the National Cathedral on March 24, 2012. Tourists toured the cathedral's central tower for the first time since the 5.8 neartquake hit the U.S. capital on August 23, 2011. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
National Cathedral Damage(22 of32)
The earthquake-damaged tower of the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., is seen from the central tower on March 24, 2012. The cathedral opened the central tower to tourist for the first time since the August 23, 2011 earthquake. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
National Cathedral Damage(23 of32)
Emma Cardini, a member of the Difficult Access Team from Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, inspects a gargoyle while rapelling down one of the north tower on the west front of the National Cathedral while looking for damage from the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8 magnitude earthquake on October 17, 2011 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
National Cathedral Damage(24 of32)
National Cathedral Head Stone Mason Joe Alonso points to some of the damage the catheral sustained during the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8-magnitude earthquake. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Washington Monument Damage(25 of32)
Engineers suspended by ropes conduct a block-by-block inspection of the Washington Monument exterior in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 3, 2011. (Photo by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Washington Monument Damage(26 of32)
An engineer of a Difficult Access Team with Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates removes lose stones from the Washington Monument on Oct. 3, 2011. The DAT team continued the inspection of the monument to find whether there were more damages caused by the 5.8-magnitude earthquake on Aug. 23, 2011. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Virginia Earthquake Damage(27 of32)
Morgan Nolan, center, joins other volunteers as they help to restock the shelves at Millers Market after the store was damaged by the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8 earthquake in Mineral, Va. The epicenter of the quake, the East Coast's largest since 1944, was located a few miles outside of Mineral, a town of 430 people located about 50 miles west of Richmond. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Virginia Earthquake Damage(28 of32)
A sign on the door lets customers know the Four Seasons Fitness club was closed after the building was damged by the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8 earthquake in Mineral, Va. The epicenter of the quake, the East Coast's largest since 1944, was located a few miles outside of Mineral, a town of 430 people located about 50 miles west of Richmond. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Virginia Earthquake Damage(29 of32)
The chimneys and a portion of the wall are heavily damged on a landmark home in an area known as Cuckoo following the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8 earthquake near Mineral, Va. The epicenter of the quake, the East Coast's largest since 1944, was located a few miles outside of Mineral, a town of 430 people located about 50 miles west of Richmond. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Virginia Earthquake Damage(30 of32)
Workers begin repairs on the City Hall building, which is also the local DMV office, after the building was damged by the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8 earthquake in Mineral, Va. The epicenter of the quake, the East Coast's largest since 1944, was located a few miles outside of Mineral, a town of 430 people located about 50 miles west of Richmond. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
Washington Monument Damage(31 of32)
Engineers begin the process of conducting a block-by-block inspection of the exterior of the Washington Monument while suspended by ropes on Sept. 28, 2011. The National Park Service closed the landmark in the nation's capital indefinitely due to damage caused by the Aug. 23, 2011, 5.8 magnitude earthquake. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (credit:Getty)
National Cathedral Damage(32 of32)
Against a foggy backdrop, from left, head stone mason Joe Alonso, Andy Uhl and Dave McAllister help guide the damaged upper portions of the southeast grand pinnacle as it is hoisted by a crane from atop the central tower of the Washington National Cathedral, in Washington, on Thursday, Oct. 13, 2011. The Cathedral's central tower pinnacles were damaged by the magnitude 5.8 earthquake that struck the East Coast on Aug. 23, 2011. The damaged portions of pinnacles are being removed to make the pinnacles and central tower stable until the stonework can be repaired and put back in place. (AP Photo/Nikki Kahn, Pool) (credit:AP)
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