Earthquake in Richmond, VA

USGS ^

[sonsofliberty2000]

Noticed no one reported this. Seems like an odd place.

Recent Earthquake Activity in the USA

Magnitude 2.2 - VIRGINIA
2004 December 3 01:27:12 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

A micro earthquake occurred at 01:27:12 (UTC) on Friday, December 3, 2004. The magnitude 2.2 event has been located in VIRGINIA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)

Magnitude	2.2
Date-Time		Friday, December 3, 2004 at 01:27:12 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Thursday, December 2, 2004 at 8:27:12 PM = local time at epicenter
	Location	37.694°N, 77.879°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles) set by location program
Region	VIRGINIA
Distances	22 km (14 miles) W (279°) from Short Pump, VA 24 km (15 miles) W (269°) from Wyndham, VA 26 km (16 miles) ESE (105°) from Columbia, VA 41 km (25 miles) WNW (295°) from Richmond, VA 155 km (96 miles) SSW (209°) from Washington, DC
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 39.6 km (24.6 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters	Nst= 7, Nph= 7, Dmin=72.1 km, Rmss=1.44 sec, Gp=220°, M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (MLg), Version=6
Source		USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Event ID	usrpaf
	Felt Reports	Felt in Goochland, Hanover and Louisa Counties.

[GVnana]

Damn it Squantos! You're making me blush!

[Squantos]

LOL...Just teasin ya ......:o)

Hope yer well.......Stay safe !

[mfulstone]

Historical Seismicity for the area:

[ChefKeith]

Sexual Harassment!!!!!

< /bad Squantos >

[ChefKeith]

It's the BIG one in VA, Sweetie.

Wonder if the track is O.K.

[CounterCounterCulture]

Yay! California's going to fall into the sea. Yay!

Oh...wait... Richmond, VA, not CA...

Never mind

(2.2...pfft... dat's nuthin' for this lifelong Californian)

[Squantos]

Just an honest question my friend......:o)

[maine-iac7]

In the early 1800's - in one winter, there were a series of quakes - 3 of them the most powerful in U.S. history - 5 were 8.0 or more - and rang church bells as far away as Boston! Much more powerful than the great San Francisco quake - but as there were no large cities in that area at the time - it has slipped quietly into history.

[ChefKeith]

Just messin' with Ya

Get them tickets yet?

Gotta hit the rack here soon got a double to do later today, second in 3 days but the OT will be nice.

Watch out for them Wigets;)

[maine-iac7]

In the early 1800's - in one winter, there were a series of quakes - 3 of them the most powerful in U.S. history - 5 were 8.0 or more - and rang church bells as far away as Boston!

Sorry 0 forgot the PLACE - St Louis!

[Heatseeker]

Damn right! I'm sure I felt it - all the way up here on the Eastern Shore of MD!

OTOH, one of Mrs Heatseeker's 25-pound cats just jumped off a table...

[leadpenny]

I thought there was some shakin' going on at the Heatseeker house but didn't think it had anything to do with the cat.

[Squantos]

I'm tired too....off to get some shut eye !

[aquila48]

Oh, all right, go ahead and enjoy it - just be sure to stand under a doorway...

[Heatseeker]

Mrs Heatseeker is on night shift these days so that sort of shaking goes on during other times.

Heatseeker now hurriedly prepares to enter the federal witness protection program for having said that, since the Mrs also lurks here.

[tallhappy]

2.2?

Breaking news? Come on.

Big truck drives by house, windows rattle is more serious.

[Wilhelm Tell]

In the early 1800's - in one winter, there were a series of quakes...

Was one of those quakes the one that changed the course of part of the Mississippi River? I think that was centered somewhere near St Louis. The quake was supposed to be huge. I know there is lots of speculation about when the "big one" hits California but I have always worried about the possibility of another big earthquake in the Midwest (you have the added problem of what the quake might do to the Mississippi River).

[bellevuesbest]

2.2 and this is breaking news?

[Oreo Kookey]

http://hsv.com/genlintr/newmadrd/


http://209.157.64.200/focus/f-news/965173/posts

The New Madris fault line has been the scene of some pretty big earthquakes. Certainly not the frequency of California and Alaska but none the less it happens. This one in Va could be a preview of coming attractions.

[Judith Anne]

If I remember my history, there were a series of earthquakes during the winter of 1811-12 involving the New Madrid fault, in southern Missouri. They were huge, and did involve changing the course of the Mississippi River, which for a time flowed backward in at least one location.

The New Madrid fault still exists, and there are earthquakes in MO to this day. Not as many as in California, though.