A small temblor startled residents near Richmond this week. Over a decade ago, a 5.8 earthquake in Virginia became the most ...

Parts of New England were jolted by a small earthquake Monday that was centered in Maine and felt as far away as Boston, ...

Previously, an earthquake of 5.8 magnitude hit Virginia ... The natural disaster also caused damage to the Washington Monument and National Cathedral. The government even shuttered the world ...

But Virginia did experience what the Modified Mercalli Intensity scale ranked as a "severe" earthquake in 2011 with a magnitude of 5.8, which caused damage to the Washington Monument in D.C. and ...