EARTHQUAKE!!! Washington, D.C.

[Tom]

Were there any deaths or injuries? What do the damage estimates look like?

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Mousey Girl

I don't know... I felt a 4.4 that happened in Lake Isabella about a week ago. (LI is 40-50 miles from here).

BIG difference between a 1.8 and a 4.4.
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To give you an idea on this, according to the USGS web site (US Geological Survey), there have been SEVEN "earthquakes" with a magnitude of 1.8 or greater since 4/30 (as far back as the listing goes) in the greater Metropolitan Los Angeles area.
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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.

The most recent earthquake recorded in the Northern Virginia area was a magnitude 2.5 earthquake near Manassas, Va., on Sept. 29, 1997.

On Feb. 23, 2005, there was a similar type event in the Baltimore metropolitan area, as a 2.1 magnitude earthquake was felt strongly and widely. There was a series of seismic events in March and April 1993, in Columbia, Maryland, ranging from 0.5 to 2.5 in magnitude.

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