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The 2011 Virginia Earthquake

Posted on September 12, 2011 1:41 am UTC by

On August 23, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Piedmont region of the U.S. East Coast near Mineral, Virginia. This was an intraplate earthquake – most earthquakes are interplate, meaning that they occur on fault lines that bound tectonic plates. … Continue reading →

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