| 5.8 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes) |
| Date-Time |
- Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
- Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter
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| Location |
37.875°N, 77.908°W |
| Depth |
6 km (3.7 miles) set by location program |
| Region |
VIRGINIA |
| Distances |
- 15 km (9 miles) S (179°) from Mineral, VA
- 18 km (12 miles) SSE (154°) from Louisa, VA
- 26 km (16 miles) ENE (58°) from Columbia, VA
- 37 km (23 miles) E (97°) from Lake Monticello, VA
- 54 km (34 miles) NW (314°) from Richmond, VA
- 139 km (87 miles) SW (214°) from Washington, DC
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| Location Uncertainty |
Error estimate not available |
| Parameters |
NST= 17, Nph= 17, Dmin=59.5 km, Rmss=0.33 sec, Gp=173°,
M-type=”moment” magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1 |
| Source |
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| Event ID |
at00lqe6x3 |
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/at00lqe6x3.php
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HighBoldtage 
August 23, 2011 at 9:59 am
I definitely just felt this in Connecticut. I felt my house wobbling slightly at about 1:55 PM EST and checked USGS, and there was an EQ in Virginia 4 minutes earlier, or so. Weird!
August 23, 2011 at 10:03 am
Felt in Dayton Ohio
August 23, 2011 at 10:03 am
felt it here in suffolk va
August 23, 2011 at 10:03 am
felt it in greenville sc too!
August 23, 2011 at 10:04 am
We felt it here in Charleston, SC. The building was moving and shaking. We are in a 5 story 200,000 sq ft facility.
WOW!
August 23, 2011 at 10:05 am
We felt it in central Pennsylvania — it was definitely a side-to-side kind of movement and lasted well over a minute — shook the furniture.
August 23, 2011 at 10:06 am
I work in North Eastern Ohio, and I felt it.
August 23, 2011 at 10:06 am
I felt it in Western North Carolina. I work in a hospital pharmacy and everyone’s popping their heads out of doors asking, “Did you just feel that?” Unreal
August 23, 2011 at 10:06 am
Was on a conference call with someone in North Carolina. He stated, Oh wow! My whole house is shaking. My chair is shaking and all the blinds are moving. Something just happened. Sure enough…
August 23, 2011 at 10:06 am
Felt it here in Philly
August 23, 2011 at 10:07 am
I definitely felt it as well. Chair I was sitting in wobbled slightly, felt it pretty good through the floor of our house here in Greer, SC.
August 23, 2011 at 10:07 am
About 20 seconds of rumbling in Mechanicsburg, PA. Enough that there was concern about the roof. More powerful than the ones I felt in Tokyo in May.
August 23, 2011 at 10:08 am
Felt it in Akron, Ohio.
Building shook, blinds shook on windows.
August 23, 2011 at 10:09 am
I live in Central VA , our apt shook for maybe a minute if that , nothing serious .
August 23, 2011 at 10:10 am
In Gloucester Virginia, felt it, and it lasted a good 40 or more seconds.
August 23, 2011 at 10:10 am
Wow. Rocked our whole 4 story building. reminded me of being in a 6.2 quake in LA, Calif.
August 23, 2011 at 10:11 am
Felt it here in Virginia Beach too
August 23, 2011 at 10:11 am
felt it in Columbia, Md.
August 23, 2011 at 10:12 am
We felt it here in West Virginia! Scary stuff!!
August 23, 2011 at 10:15 am
Felt a tremor in Riverdale, NJ at approximately 1:52 pm in what seemed to be two sets that lasted about 30 seconds each.
August 23, 2011 at 10:28 am
Felt it here in Western North Carolina at 1:51 pm
August 23, 2011 at 10:29 am
Sitting I car in DC, shook car for about 2 mins
Knocked my daughter out of her bed t home in Crofton knocked stuff of bookcase shelves and from China closet.
August 23, 2011 at 11:10 am
That’s right near the North Anna Nuclear Station. A scary thought in itself, and with that being the quake, aftershocks are known to sometimes be even worse.
We felt this all the way in Cleveland, Ohio, and from what I am seeing on Facebook as been felt even further.