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On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51:04 p.m. EDT. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was 38 mi (61 km) northwest of Richmond and 5 mi (8 km) south-southwest of the town of Mineral.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a magnitude 5.8 M w earthquake hit Virginia on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at 17:51:04 UTC (1:51 pm Eastern Daylight Time). The quake occurred at an approximate depth of 3.7 miles and was centered in Louisa County (location at 37.936°N, 77.933°W), 5 miles SSW of Mineral, Virginia and 37 miles NW of Richmond, Virginia's capital. [3]
The 2011 Colorado earthquake caused damage in Segundo, Cokedale, Valdez and Trinidad. Rockslides occurred on State Highway 12. - - 23 [77] United States, Virginia, 11 km southwest of Mineral: 5.8 6.0 VIII The 2011 Virginia earthquake was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history, with tremors also being felt in Canada. [78]
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Texas: 6.5 August 16, 1931 1931 Valentine earthquake Utah: 7.0 November 13, 1901 1901 Richfield earthquake U.S. Virgin Islands: 7.5 November 18, 1867 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami Vermont: 4.0 March 31, 1953 [56] Virginia: 5.8 August 23, 2011 2011 Virginia earthquake Washington (state) 8.7–9.2
Scientists recorded a slow-slip event in 2011 before the magnitude-9 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan, which killed more than 18,000 people and touched off the Fukushima nuclear disaster.
Disasters Hurricane Irene reaches Category 2 strength as it hits the island of Hispaniola containing Haiti and the Dominican Republic. (CNN) A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strikes near Mineral, Virginia ; a nearby nuclear reactor is automatically shutdown due to the quake. This is the most powerful earthquake to hit Virginia since 1897. (New York Times) (The Guardian) International relations ...
More than 277 aftershocks to the Aug. 6 quake, the largest in Southern California in three years, included two with a magnitude of 4 or greater. Still, the likelihood of another, larger shock is ...
Until recently, earthquakes in Oklahoma were few and far between. In 2010, the state experienced just 41 tremors. By comparison, each year the southern California area alone has about 10,000 ...