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A small earth tremor, rated with a magnitude of 2.5, shook portions of southwestern Virginia at about 9:48 a.m. today.
UPDATE: This tremor has been revised upward, to a 2.9
The epicenter (red dot on the map at left)was placed about 2 miles northeast of Nickelsville, which is northwest of Bristol, Tenn. The shake originated with movement about 3 miles below the surface.
Here is a map of recent seismicity in Virginia.
And here is a history of Virginia quakes.
Frank Roylance is a reporter for The Baltimore Sun. He came to Baltimore from New Bedford, Mass. in 1980 to join the old Evening Sun. He moved to the morning Sun when the papers merged in 1992, and has spent most of his time since covering science, including astronomy and the weather. One of The Baltimore Sun's first online Web logs, the Weather Blog debuted in October 2004. In June 2006 Frank also began writing comments on local weather and stargazing for The Baltimore Sun's print Weather Page.
