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Earthquaked Again
5/7/2008
Yesterday I experienced my second earthquake. Just as before I'd just returned from a drive and had my trek lasted 10 more minutes I would have missed the rumbling. This time I was upstairs when the building, not exactly shook, but more grumbled. Just as before I perked up and went outside to see if someone had backed into the building. That's what it felt like., but no, nothing was out of place. It didn't even occur to me it might have been another earthquake until I heard about it on the evening news. Here's the scoop from the USGN Newsroom:
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake occurred in northern Virginia at 1:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time. The epicenter was about 1 mile west-southwest of Annandale, VA and 13 miles west-south-west of Washington, DC. The USGS has received no reports of damage at this time.
"This earthquake is just large enough to be felt, but not large enough to cause damage," said USGS scientist Bill Leith.
The most recent earthquake recorded in the Northern Virginia area was a magnitude 2.5 earthquake near Manassas, Va., on Sept. 29, 1997.
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