central Virginia earthquake News

Researchers are preparing to conduct a two-month study of earthquakes in central Virginia, a region that has a history of seismic activity. Twenty seismic stations are being installed for the study by researchers from Virginia Tech and the U.S. Geological …

Since an earthquake rattled central Virginia and the East Coast nearly two years ago, more than 450 aftershocks have been recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey. The latest occurred Wednesday when a magnitude-2.3 quake struck about 6 miles south-southwest of …