When Scott Keim assumed his new duties as Louisa County, VA, Fire & EMS chief on July 25, 2011, ... On Aug. 23 at 1:51 P.M., a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Virginia, ...

Small earthquakes are uncommon in Virginia as a whole. ... However, Mineral, Va., has been the site of higher magnitude quakes with one registering 4.5 and one registering 5.8 in 2011.

In 2011, an earthquake near Mineral, Virginia, about 50 miles from Richmond, became the most widely felt earthquake in U.S. history, the USGS said.

On Aug. 23, 2011, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake, unusually strong for the eastern United States, rattled Washington and Virginia with shockwaves as far north as Canada. By UPI Staff ...

The last major earthquake felt in NYC was a 5.8-magnitude one that hit Virginia in 2011. On Friday, residents across New York City's five boroughs and the tristate area experienced a rare earthquake.