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5.8 in Virginia
http://www.google.com/search?client...rceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest
According to Wikipedia, this is the strongest earthquake since a similarly sized one in 1897.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php#details . (Courtesy of Astronuc)
(note: official reports of the strength have varied, started at 5.8, went up to 5.9, and I think reports are back down to 5.8)
http://www.google.com/search?client...rceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest
According to Wikipedia, this is the strongest earthquake since a similarly sized one in 1897.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usc0005ild.php#details . (Courtesy of Astronuc)
(note: official reports of the strength have varied, started at 5.8, went up to 5.9, and I think reports are back down to 5.8)
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