5.9 Earthquake Strikes the East Coast

At 1:51 p.m. on August 23, a 5.9 earthquake rippled across the East Coast. The Washington Post reports the center of the quake to be near the town of Mineral, Va., and that it was felt as far as Boston and South Carolina.

The paper further claims that this was the strongest quake to hit Virginia since 1897 and only the 25th since it became a state.