2011 Virginia earthquake | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-05-15

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00:02:13 1 Geology
00:04:41 2 Aftershocks
00:05:35 3 Research
00:09:50 4 Effect
00:12:18 4.1 United States
00:13:34 4.1.1 Virginia
00:21:20 4.1.2 Washington, D.C.
00:23:35 4.1.3 Other parts of the Mid-Atlantic region
00:31:59 4.1.4 New England
00:33:04 4.1.5 Midwestern states
00:34:07 4.1.6 Southern states
00:34:29 4.2 Canada
00:35:23 5 Internet activity and social media
00:38:26 6 Zoo animal reactions



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SUMMARY
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On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, at 1:51:04 p.m. local time. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was 38 mi (61 km) northwest of Richmond and 5 mi (8 km) south-southwest of the town of Mineral. It was an intraplate earthquake with a maximum perceived intensity of VII (Very strong) on the Mercalli intensity scale. Several aftershocks, ranging up to 4.5 Mw in magnitude, occurred after the main tremor.
The quake was felt across more than a dozen U.S. states and in several Canadian provinces, and was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history. No deaths and only minor injuries were reported. Minor and moderate damage to buildings was widespread and was estimated by one risk-modeling company at $200 million to $300 million, of which about $100 million was insured.The earthquake prompted research that revealed that the farthest landslide from the epicenter was 150 miles (240 km), by far the greatest landslide distance recorded from any other earthquake of similar magnitude. Previous studies of worldwide earthquakes indicated that landslides occurred no farther than 36 miles (58 km) from the epicenter of a magnitude 5.8 earthquake. The Virginia earthquake study suggested that the added information about East Coast earthquakes may prompt a revision of equations that predict ground shaking.