8/23/2011 a 5.9M Earthquake Rocks Virginia East Coast USA
Posted by master on August 24, 2011
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8/23/2011 a 5.9M Earthquake Rocks Virginia East Coast USA
The earthquake which struck the state of Virginia on 23 August, 2011 was the second largest ever recorded in the state. At a magnitude of 5.8, it fell just short of the tremor which struck Giles County in 1897, which is reported by the United State Geological Survey (allowing for the changes in earthquake measuring [...]