Historically, Virginia had not been hit by an earthquake of such magnitude in the last sixty-seven years.
A 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the East Coast on Tuesday, August 23. Neither major damages nor major injuries were reported. However, people in the East Coast felt the tremor West Coast residents already experienced. Earthquakes are frightening events. To Joan Morris, spokesperson for the Virginia Department of Transportation, the quake left her literally shaking with fear.
Amanda Reidelbach, Louisa County spokeswoman, reported that the tremor left three schools with minor damage. Several buildings crumbled but luckily only minor injuries were reported, she added. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Richmond, Virginia. The impact of the quake was also felt across Georgia and Canada. Seismologist Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey explained that the East Coast’s tightly-packed crust carried the tremors farther. Shocked visitors of the U.S. Capitol flocked the streets of Washington D.C. Meanwhile, workers at New York’s Empire State Building took several steps down the building’s stairs.
Historically, Virginia had not been hit by an earthquake of such magnitude in the last sixty-seven years. Compared to earthquakes in the West Coast, the Tuesday earthquakes in the Eastern seaboard are mild. Since 1944, the state of California had been struck by thirty-five quakes of the same magnitude. The year 1944 was the same year an earthquake of about the same magnitude of Tuesday quake hit the East Coast.
In this article, you learned that a 5.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the East Coast on Tuesday, August 23, 2011. It is reported that the said quake resulted to minor damages and injuries. Although some buildings have collapsed, only minor injuries have been reported. It is also noted that social media sites like Twitter were flooded with comments and feeds about the earthquake. It is also learned that that last earthquake of the same magnitude hit Virginia in 1944.
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