Bizarre news of the day
from the Nat'l weather service
442 PM EST TUE DEC 9 2003 ...MINOR EARTHQUAKE IN VIRGINIA FELT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA THIS AFTERNOON... A LIGHT EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED AT 359 PM OVER VIRGINIA CENTERED ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF RICHMOND. THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS QUAKE WAS 4.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE. MINOR TREMORS HAVE BEEN FELT ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA...WITH REPORTS HAVING BEEN RECEIVED FROM HALIFAX COUNTY WEST ACROSS THE TRIANGLE AND TO THE TRIAD. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED. ALL INFORMATION ON THIS STATEMENT IS TO BE CONSIDERED PRELIMINARY. UPDATES MAY BE ISSUED AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE... EITHER FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO...OR THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.
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