For Virginia, the earthquake that struck Tuesday was the big one. The state hasn’t suffered a quake of this size since the slightly larger one that rattled Giles County in 1897. “That’s the ...

The piedmont region, which extends through central Virginia, is a part of the Central Virginia Seismic Zone (CVSZ). It is in this zone where small earthquakes measuring between 2.0 and 3.0 on the ...

Virginia has two active and well-defined zones of earthquake activity. One is in central Virginia and is called the Central Virginia Seismic Zone (CVSZ). The other is in Giles County and is called ...

Four earthquakes have hit Central Virginia this year, including two that shook the Richmond area in recent weeks. Why it matters: Richmond isn't cursed; there's a geological reason for our seismic ...

USGS said a 2.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled nearly 5 ½ miles from Louisa, Virginia, along the central Virginia Seismic Zone shortly after 3 a.m. Sunday.

Virginia Tech geosciences professor Martin Chapman told CBS 6 that Richmond is in the Central Virginia Seismic Zone. "You might see another earthquake about this style or are smaller in the same ...

If you live in Central Virginia, chances are you might have experienced a minor earthquake yesterday evening. The quake's epicenter was just north of the Glen Allen area, leaving many residents in ...

On Aug. 23, 2011, at 1:51 p.m., seismic waves pulsed outward from the earthquake epicenter in Mineral, Va. The fracture occurred in the Central Virginia Seismic Zone , a region of numerous small ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The U.S. Geological survey said the 5.8- magnitude earthquake ...

Last August, a fault slipped in central Virginia. The resulting 5.8 magnitude earthquake rumbled through the old, cold rocks of the Piedmont, broke buildings in the District of Columbia 80-plus miles ...