Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Small quake has big reach
[ Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:02:10 GMT ]

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia this afternoon was felt across the U.S. East Coast, shaking offices and nerves from Washington D.C. to New York City. That's a whole lot of shaking for a medium-sized quake. The reason is the geology of the East Coast itself.A magnitude 5.8 earthquake in Virginia this afternoon was felt across the U.S. East Coast, shaking offices and nerves from Washington D.C. to New York City. That's a whole lot of shaking for a medium-sized quake. The reason is the geology of the East Coast itself.


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