Mineral, Virginia

Mineral, Virginia is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia. In the 2020 census, 470 people lived in Mineral.^[1]

2011 earthquake

See the main article: 2011 Virginia earthquake

At 1:51 p.m. on August 23, 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was centered 5 mi (8.0 km) south-southwest of Mineral. The center of the earthquake was 3.7 mi (6.0 km) underground.^[2] According to the Associated Press, it "forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Florida to Canada".^[3] The roof of Mineral's town hall collapsed. three of the six schools in the county were heavily damaged. No one died, and some people had minor injuries.^[4]

References

1. "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2020 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Mineral town, Virginia". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
2. Magnitude 5.8 - VIRGINIA^{[permanent dead link]}
3. "Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast". Associated Press (AP). August 23, 2011.
4. Marisol Bello (August 24, 2011). "Town at epicenter assesses damage". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2017-08-31.