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CNN has video of Tysons Corner VA (many bricks & concrete off a newer building and at least one car that was parked was crushed)


1,004 posted on 08/23/2011 2:18:16 PM PDT by stlnative
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A 5.9 earthquake strikes Virginia and other parts of East Coast

August 23, 2011 2:50 PM
by Paula C. Squires

Office workers in downtown Richmond poured out of offices shortly before 2 p.m. Tuesday when an earthquake rumbled through central Virginia from its epicenter near Mineral in Louisa County, about 40 miles away. According to the U.
S. Geological Survey, the quake struck at 1:51 p.m., was 3.7 miles deep and had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9. It was the largest quake to hit Virginia in more than 100 years, knocking out electric power to North Anna Power Station in Louisa County, causing the station to shut down two nuclear reactors.

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http://www.virginiabusiness.com/index.php/news/article/a-5.9-earthquake-strikes-virginia-and-other-parts-of-east-coast/313870/


1,013 posted on 08/23/2011 2:26:06 PM PDT by stlnative
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