Tag: earthquake

  • Whose Fault is It? The 2011 Virginia Earthquake (Part 2)

    Whose Fault is It? The 2011 Virginia Earthquake (Part 2)

    In my last post I discussed the Virginia earthquake that shook eastern North America on August 23rd, 2011. Here is the second part of that story: unfortunately the answer to the question I pose in the title is not particularly satisfactory. We cannot answer the question about whose fault is it (or more precisely which…