2011 Virginia earthquake - Wikipedia
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.
8 Years Ago, a 5.8-Magnitude Earthquake Shook the East Coast
Aug 23, 2019 · Friday marks eight years since the 5.8-magnitude quake struck. It was centered near Mineral, Virginia, about 80 miles southwest of D.C. — but people as far away as Georgia and Canada reported...
What Caused the 2011 D.C. Earthquake? | Smithsonian
May 9, 2016 · On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit Mineral, Virginia, about 90 miles southwest of Washington D.C. The temblor was the strongest east of the Mississippi since 1944, and was...
10 years since earthquake impacted D.C., damaged Washington ... - FOX 5 DC
Aug 23, 2021 · WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - Monday marks 10 years since a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the D.C. region, damaging the Washington Monument and the National Cathedral. The 2011 quake, which...
DC marks 11 years since earthquake damaged landmarks ... - FOX 5 DC
Aug 25, 2022 · The Washington, D.C. region is marking 11 years since a magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Mineral, Virginia rattled the east coast and caused significant damage to some of the most famous...
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10-Year Anniversary of US’s Most Widely Felt Earthquake
Aug 4, 2021 · Ten years ago, in the early afternoon of August 23, 2011, millions of people throughout the eastern U.S. felt shaking from a magnitude 5.8 earthquake near Mineral, Virginia. No lives were lost, something experts called “lucky” given the extent of shaking, but property damage was estimated to be in the range of 200 t o 300 million.
Ten Years on from the Quake That Shook the Nation’s Capital
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...
M5.8 August 23, 2011 Mineral, Virginia | U.S. Geological Survey - USGS.gov
Aug 5, 2019 · On August 23, 2011 tens of millions of people along the East Coast suddenly felt the earth shaking from the largest earthquake in the eastern U.S. since the M5.8 earthquake in 1944 near Cornwall and Massena, New York.
2011 Earthquake - U.S. National Park Service
Aug 7, 2019 · The Earthquake At 1:51 p.m. on August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck 90 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Visitors inside the Washington Monument's observation deck were thrown about by the force of the shaking; falling mortar and pieces of stone caused minor injuries, though all the people inside exited safely.