Magnitude 2.0 VIRGINIA
Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 17:30:24 UTC
Preliminary Earthquake Report
| Magnitude | 2.0 |
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| Date-Time |
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 38.80N 77.21W |
| Depth | 6 kilometers |
| Region | VIRGINIA |
| Distances |
10 km (5 miles) ESE of Fairfax, Virginia 15 km (10 miles) N of Woodbridge, Virginia 25 km (15 miles) WSW of WASHINGTON, D.C. 140 km (85 miles) N of RICHMOND, Virginia |
| Location Uncertainty | Error estimate not available, held by USGS NEIC to another agency's solution |
| Parameters | not available |
| Source | Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York, USA |
| Remarks | Felt (III) at Alexandria, Annandale, Arlington, Burke, Falls Church, Fairfax Station, McLean and Springfield; (II) at and Fairfax and Vienna. Felt (II) at Bethesda, Rockville and Silver Spring, Maryland and at Washington D.C. Felt in much of the Alexandria-Arlington-Farifax area. |
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