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Description: Security video at the 500-foot level of the Washington Monument during the 2011 Virginia earthquake.The ranger, following protocol, is seen going down the stairway to open the Emergency door for visitors, then coming back through after conducting a sweep to assure all were safe.
Print of the proposed Washington Monument by architect Robert Mills, c. 1845 –1848 Bronze statue of George Washington in the monument's western alcove. George Washington (1732–1799), hailed as the father of his country, and as the leader who was "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen", as Maj. Gen. 'Light-Horse Harry' Lee eulogized at Washington's December ...
UTC time: 2001-02-28 18:54:32: ISC event: 1780664: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: February 28, 2001 (): Local time: 10:54:32 a.m. [1] Magnitude: 6.8 M w [1]: Depth: 57 km (35 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Normal [2]: Areas affected: Pacific Northwest: Total damage: $1–4 billion [3]: Max. intensity: MMI VIII (Severe) [4]: Peak acceleration: 0.3 g [4]: Tsunami: No: Casualties: 1 dead (heart ...
The original cornerstone of the Washington Monument in Baltimore, thought to be long lost, was discovered last week while crews dug for a sewage tank. "We discovered the Historic time capsule ...
A fault off the Pacific coast could devastate Washington, Oregon and Northern California with a major earthquake and tsunami. Researchers mapped it comprehensively for the first time.
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy, an iconic leaning tower. This is a list of leaning towers.A leaning tower is a tower which, either intentionally or unintentionally (due to errors in design, construction, or subsequent external influence such as unstable ground), does not stand perpendicular to the ground.
Cross-sectional illustration of normal and reverse dip-slip faults. The earthquake occurred in the Virginia seismic zone, located in the Piedmont region. [8] The Virginia Piedmont area was formed originally as part of a zone of repeated continental collisions that created the ancestral Appalachian Mountains, a process that started during the Ordovician period with the Taconic orogeny and ...