USGS crowdsourcing site set a record with the Aug. 23 earthquake, but has been using the wisdom of crowds to learn about seismic activity for more than a decade. The once-a-century earthquake that ...

"I knew it was an earthquake, but my first thought was, 'Oh my God, something's going to happen to the power plant," said 21-year-old Whitney Thacker in Mineral, Va., a town near the epicenter where ...

MINERAL-- Ceiling tiles and their metal support beams dangled at dangerous angles in hallways and cracks were apparent in the concrete block walls at Louisa County High School on Wednesday. Book bags ...

MINERAL, Va. (AP) – A minor earthquake has rattled the same Virginia area that was at the center of last year’s East Coast quake. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 2.4-magnitude earthquake occurred ...

MINERAL, Va. (AP) — Central Virginia has been shaken by another aftershock from last week's earthquake that rattled the East Coast. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.4 magnitude aftershock at ...

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake with its epicenter 27 miles east of Charlottesville, Va. was felt across several eastern states including South Carolina. The quake happened at 1:51 p.m. Tuesday at the ...

Alan Jackson Concert Date Set for Earthquake-Stricken Mineral, Va. Last October, Alan Jackson announced the results of a contest in which the prize was a free concert in the town that amassed the ...

MINERAL, Va. - Central Virginia has been shaken by another aftershock from last week's earthquake that rattled the East Coast. The U.S. Geological Survey reports a 3.4 magnitude aftershock at 5:09 a.m ...