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Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 19:19:44 EST

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Winchester VA

A moderate earthquake of 4.5 shook a large portion of VA at 4pm Tuesday.
Many people in the Harrisionburg (western VA) Lynchburg (southern VA) &
Washington DC also felt it. The quake was centered west of Richmond in
an area that tends to get more than other parts of VA or nearby
states.

I was on my bicycle leaving working at the time, & did not feel it, nor
did my mom or a neighbor.
On the "Did You Feel It?" map, there were 5 reports from my county, but
not inside the city limits.

>From the USGS
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/recenteqsww/Quakes/uscdbf.htm

Seismograms from today's quake
http://vtso.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/heli/GIF/CVVA_HNZ_NM.2003120912.gif

Other regional Seismograms
http://vtso.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/heli/GIF/

Reports from today's Earthquake
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/shake/STORE/Xcdbf_03/ciim_display.html

May 31 1897, Giles Co, Strongest VA earthquake on record, est 5.8
http://vtso.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/Giles-Intensity.html

Other large VA earthquakes (ends w/ 1989)
http://vtso.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/VA-Eq.html

More on VA earthquakes (map at bottom)
http://vtso.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/quake.html

News Stories:

Hampton Daily Press (AP story)
Earthquake rumbles across Virginia
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/virginia/dp-va--virginiaquake1209dec09,0,2834501,print.story?coll=dp-headlines-virginia

WSET tv Lynchburg
Earthquake Shakes the Heart of Virginia
http://new.wset.com/news/stories/1203/113318.html

WRIC tv, Richmond
Central VA Earthquake http://www.wric.com/Global/story.asp?S=1557370

WashingtonPost.com
Temblor Felt in Washington Area
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A50085-2003Dec9.html

>From the NWS (all 3 VA offices issued similar statements. This was the
only one to report damage.)
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
427 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2003

...EARTHQUAKE REPORT...

AT 359 PM EST...THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN BOULDER
DETECTED AN EARTHQUAKE 30 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND. EXACT COORDINATES OF
THE EPICENTER WAS 37.6 NORTH AND 78.0 WEST. THE EARTHQUAKE MEASURED 4.5
ON THE RICHTER SCALE. THE QUAKE WAS FELT OVER MUCH OF VIRGINIA AND PARTS
OF MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA. MINOR DAMAGE WAS REPORTED IN NELSON
COUNTY VIRGINIA.

THIS INFORMATION IS PRELIMINARY. MORE DETAILS WILL FOLLOW AS THEY AS
THEY ARE REPORTED.

$$
HURLEY

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