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AGU Shaken, Not Stirred
23 August 2011
Map courtesy USGS
On 23 August 2011, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake centered near Mineral, Virginia, shook the East Coast. For more information about the earthquake, visit U.S. Geological Survey website.
Read what the AGU Blogosphere has to say about the earthquake:
- Mountain Beltway (blogger Callan Bentley is an assistant professor of geology at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia)
The Mineral, VA earthquake of August 23, 2011 – UPDATED: This afternoon, I finished with classes, and packed up my bag, and headed out into the bright afternoon sunlight to head home and work from there. Just in front of my building, I ran into one of my star pupils, Victoria, and had a conversation with her. I’m really glad that I ran into her, because if I hadn’t I might have been in my car at the moment the earthquake hit. - Dan’s Wild Wild Science Journal