Tag: Virginia Earthquake
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All Shook Up! The 2011 Virginia Earthquake
As the year comes to a close it is a fine time to reflect on the 2011 Virginia earthquake. It’s been four months since the Virginia earthquake jolted eastern North America, and we now know more about what happened. This moderate-size (Mw=5.8) quake–felt by millions of people from Alabama to Quebec–caused significant damage in Louisa…
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It’s Not My Fault
This afternoon, our Geology faculty meeting was adjourned by a motion from the floor. A 20-second motion from the floor, but more to the point, a 20-second motion from the Earth. Virginia and the East Coast experienced a moderate, but widely felt earthquake at 1:51 p.m. (local time). It was quite a jolt. The earthquake’s…