Mineral, Virginia
Mineral, Virginia is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia. In the 2010 census, 467 people lived in Mineral.[1]
2011 earthquake
Main page: 2011 Virginia earthquake
At 1:51 p.m. on August 23, 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was centered 5 mi (8.0 km) south-southwest of Mineral. The center of the earthquake was 3.7 mi (6.0 km) underground.[2] According to the Associated Press, it "forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Florida to Canada".[3] The roof of Mineral's town hall collapsed. three of the six schools in the county were heavily damaged. No one died, and some people had minor injuries.[4]
References
- ↑ "Mineral Town, Virginia Census 2010 Results - Population". Retrieved October 13, 2011.[dead link]
- ↑ Magnitude 5.8 - VIRGINIA[dead link]
- ↑ "Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast". Associated Press (AP). August 23, 2011. http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EAST_COAST_QUAKE?SITE=INEVA&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT.
- ↑ Marisol Bello (August 24, 2011). "Town at epicenter assesses damage". USA TODAY. https://www.usatoday.com/news/story/2011-08-24/Town-at-epicenter-assesses-quake-damage/50118308/1. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
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