Periodically I look at the
USGS Earthquake website. Being from the east coast where earthquakes are rare, it holds a certain fascination. I know from my school days that the Appalachians were formed my two continental plates colliding eons ago, and violent earthquakes forced them up.
The Appalachians still rumble to life once and awhile and Union, WV was hit with a 2.3 Quake.
Earthquake Details
| Magnitude | 2.3 |
| Date-Time | - Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 01:04:20 UTC
- Monday, January 28, 2008 at 08:04:20 PM at epicenter
Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones |
| Location | 37.605°N, 80.488°W |
| Depth | 2.8 km (1.7 miles) (poorly constrained) |
| Region | WEST VIRGINIA |
| Distances | - 5 km (3 miles) ENE (73°) from Union, WV
- 16 km (10 miles) S (186°) from Ronceverte, WV
- 19 km (12 miles) SE (135°) from Alderson, WV
- 42 km (26 miles) N (352°) from Blacksburg, VA
- 168 km (104 miles) N (353°) from Winston-Salem, NC
- 318 km (198 miles) S (188°) from Pittsburgh, PA
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| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 2.3 km (1.4 miles); depth +/- 4.5 km (2.8 miles) |
| Parameters | Nst= 4, Nph= 8, Dmin=27.6 km, Rmss=0.08 sec, Gp=248°,
M-type="Nuttli" surface wave magnitude (MLg), Version=A |
| Source | |
| Event ID | semc0129b |
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
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