Courtesy U.S. Geological SurveyVia WTOP, it seems like the tiny town of Mineral, Va.—the epicenter of a 5.8-magnitude earthquake that shook the D.C. region last Aug. 23—isn’t done shaking just yet.
The town, with a population of about 500, just experienced more aftershocks from last summer’s temblor, WTOP and the Associated Press note. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded a 2.5-magnitude quake about 8 a.m. today, with a pair of smaller seismic events shortly thereafter. There were no reports of feeling the quakes’ effects near D.C.
Still, central Virginia has been shaking nearly nonstop since the quake last August that caused office buildings across the D.C. area to empty and left the Washington Monument and National Cathedral with significant structural damage. By last November, the area around Mineral had experienced 50 aftershocks. The one this morning was the 82nd.
