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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. It was an intraplate earthquake with a maximum perceived intensity of VIII ( Severe) on the ...
The website Volcano Discovery said the earthquake was first confirmed by the United States Geological Survey 14 minutes after it hit. "A light magnitude 2.6 earthquake hit 5.3 km (3.3 mi) away ...
According to information on the USGS website, the earthquake occurred at 10:38 p.m. on July 22. The location was approximately 10.6 miles northeast of Hermleigh, Texas.
528 – 528 Antioch earthquake. 551 – 551 Beirut earthquake affects much of the Middle East, possibly largest event in the Levant. [ 9][ 10] Gush Halav is destroyed. A major tsunami sweeps the coast from Caesarea to Tripoli, Lebanon [ 11] 633 – affects Emmatha in the Yarmouk Valley [ 18] and possibly nearby Abila of the Decapolis.
July 22, 2022 at 10:29 PM. A small earthquake rattled Northern California on Friday evening when a magnitude 4.2 temblor shook in Butte County. The quake struck at 6:41 p.m. about 5 miles ...
Website. www .usgs .gov. The United States Geological Survey ( USGS ), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the United States government whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on March 3, 1879, to study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the ...
USGS has an earthquake notification service. I used to post DYFI (did you feel it) messages on facebook. The answer was almost always no. I stopped the service because it was sending so many notifications a day. One friend felt the big earthquake this week, but she was awake. Years ago we felt an earthquake, but thought it was a truck going by.
I was sitting still, working at desk during the initial and all the aftershocks. Felt nothing. Experienced the Whitier Earthquake in Oct 1988, so rather not feel any ever again. Report inappropriate content. BrightonBill. Elk Rapids, Michigan. Level Contributor. 11,350 posts. 55 reviews.