PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WAKEFIELD VA
229 PM EDT SAT APR 29 2000
..MINOR EARTHQUAKE CONFIRMED NEAR RICHMOND VIRGINIA...
THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER (NEIC) HAS CONFIRMED THAT A
MINOR EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED LATE LAST NIGHT JUST NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT ACROSS PORTIONS OF GOOCHLAND...HENRICO...AND
HANOVER COUNTIES. NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED.
THE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 1135 PM AND WAS CENTERED 10 MILES
NORTH-NORTHWEST OF RICHMOND. THE EXACT COORDINATES WERE 37.7 DEG N AND
77.5 DEG W. THE EARTHQUAKE WAS ONLY MEASURED AT 2.5 MAGNITUDE... WHICH
IS MINOR.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS EARTHQUAKE...SEE THE NEIC WEB PAGE AT
http://WWWNEIC.CR.USGS.GOV
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