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The earthquake, along with a magnitude-5.8 quake on the border of New York and Ontario in 1944, is the largest to have occurred in the U.S. east of the Rocky Mountains since an 1897 quake centered in Giles County in western Virginia [22] [23] whose magnitude has been estimated as 5.8 [24] or 5.9.
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 ...
August 23 is the 235th day of the year ... 2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: moderate) earthquake occurs in Virginia. Damage occurs to monuments and structures in ...
The March 2011 Sanriku earthquake was a foreshock of the 9.1 earthquake 2 days later. - - 10 [27] China, Yunnan: 5.5 10.0 VII The 2011 Yunnan earthquake damaged 12,000 homes, left 26 people dead and 313 injured. 26 313 11 [28] Japan, TÅhoku Region offshore 9.1 29.0 XI [29]
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
August 2011 stock markets fall and rebound Stock markets in Asia and Australia fall on the back of a sharp decline in Wednesday's trading on the New York Stock Exchange. (MarketWatch) (MarketWatch) The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 423.37 points, the fourth-straight day U.S. stocks have changed by over 400 points. The market dropped on ...
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August 20 – Striking Verizon union workers will return to work starting August 22, 2011, though their contract dispute isn't resolved. [246] August 23 – A rare Eastern-seaboard earthquake of magnitude 5.8 strikes Virginia. The Virginia Seismic Zone's faults ruptured, resulting in activity being felt in Washington, D.C.