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- Most of Virginia's recorded earthquakes have been magnitude 4.5 or less, and the associated damage has been minor (cracks in foundation, tumbling chimneys, etc.). However, due to modern development, if Virginia experienced an earthquake with a magnitude 6.0 or greater, the consequences could be serious.
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Aug 4, 2021 · Impacts and Damage from the Virginia Earthquake. Damage caused by the earthquake was extensive. In Louisa County, Virginia, near the earthquake’s epicenter, numerous homes and buildings were damaged, with two schools being damaged badly enough to need replacement.
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.
Aug 20, 2021 · The quake led to a gas leak in Charlottesville, damage to historic landmarks in Culpeper, a gas leak in Fredericksburg, and a burst pipe causing flooding in the Pentagon. Parts of the...
- Aubrey Urbanowicz
Aug 20, 2021 · A decade of study into the Virginia earthquake that damaged D.C. and reverberated up and down the Atlantic coast in 2011 has shed light on rare, but risk-laden, seismicity in eastern North...
Aug 23, 2021 · Ten years ago this month, on Aug. 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51 p.m. EDT from a depth of four miles below the Earth’s surface.
Aug 23, 2021 · The U.S. Geological Survey said that the magnitude 5.8 earthquake centered under Mineral, Virginia, on Aug. 23, 2011, was likely the most widely-felt earthquake in North American history,...
