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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 ...
This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a magnitude 5.8 M w earthquake hit Virginia on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at 17:51:04 UTC (1:51 pm Eastern Daylight Time). The quake occurred at an approximate depth of 3.7 miles and was centered in Louisa County (location at 37.936°N, 77.933°W), 5 miles SSW of Mineral, Virginia and 37 miles NW of Richmond, Virginia's capital. [3]
An 1886 earthquake in Charleston, South Carolina, that was 6.8 to 7.2 in magnitude damaged or destroyed much of the city. The 2011 Virginia earthquake triggered landslides 150 miles away and sent ...
As the 5.9 magnitude earthquake in Virginia on Tuesday demonstrated, natural disasters are not the sole purview of West Coast homeowners and traveling expats. With reports of tremors felt as far ...
A 2.8 magnitude earthquake shook the Richmond, Virginia area Tuesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake struck about six miles northwest of Glen Allen, Virginia ...
The 2011 Dalbandin earthquake damaged 200 homes near the epicentre. One person was killed by falling debris, and two others died from heart attacks in Quetta. This was the strongest in the country since the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. 3 — 24 [11] Tajikistan, Gorno-Badakshan, 106 km west northwest of Murghob: 6.0
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States