2011 Virginia earthquake

On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51:04 p.m. EDT. 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.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Dates from Wikidata (CC0)

Which happened first?

• 2011 Virginia earthquake and 2011 Tarlay earthquake happened in the same year
• 2011 Virginia earthquake and February 2011 Christchurch earthquake happened in the same year
• 2011 Virginia earthquake and Van earthquake of 2011 happened in the same year
• 2011 Virginia earthquake and 2011 Lorca earthquake happened in the same year
• 2011 Virginia earthquake happened 1 year after October 2010 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami

Timeline

1. October 2010 Sumatra earthquake and tsunamiOctober 25, 2010
2. 2011 Lorca earthquakeMay 11, 2011
3. 2011 Tarlay earthquakeMarch 24, 2011
4. 2011 Virginia earthquake (this page)August 23, 2011
5. February 2011 Christchurch earthquakeFebruary 22, 2011
6. Van earthquake of 2011October 23, 2011

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