Origin Time: Tue 2011-08-23 17:51:04 UTC (13:51:04 local) o o Location: 37.94 N 77.93 W Depth: 6 km
Created: 2 hours, 5 minutes after earthquake
Estimated Fatalities
Estimated Economic Losses
Orange alert level for economic losses. Significant damage is likely and the disaster is potentially widespread. Estimated economic losses are less than 1% of GDP of the United States. Past events with this alert level have required a regional or national level response.
78% 22%
1
10
10,000
100
1,000 Fatalities
9%
1%
Green alert level for shaking-related fatalities. There is a low likelihood of casualties.
1
100,000
26%
10
35%
21%
6%
1%
10,000 100 1,000 100,000 USD (Millions)
Estimated Population Exposed to Earthquake Shaking ESTIMATED POPULATION EXPOSURE (k = x1000)
*Estimated exposure only includes population within the map area.
Population Exposure 79.75°W Parsons Parsons
population per ~1 sq. km from Landscan
Inwood Inwood 77.75°W 76.75°W Charles Charles Town Town Columbia Columbia Germantown Winchester Winchester Germantown Leesburg Leesburg Stephens Rockville Stephens City City Rockville Potomac Potomac Strasburg Strasburg Reston Reston Front Royal Chantilly Chantilly WoodstockFront Royal Woodstock
Richmond Fort Fort Lee Lee Bellwood Bellwood Chester Chester Hopewell Hopewell Petersburg Petersburg
37.25°N
Waverly Waverly Wakefield Wakefield
Chase Chase City City
Norlina Norlina
Emporia Emporia
Courtland Courtland Franklin Franklin
IV
Roanoke Roanoke Rapids Rapids Murfreesboro South South Weldon Weldon Murfreesboro
PAGER content is automatically generated, and only considers losses due to structural damage. Limitations of input data, shaking estimates, and loss models may add uncertainty.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/pager
38°N
Ashland Ashland Wyndham Wyndham Laurel Laurel
West West Lynchburg Lynchburg Blue Blue Ridge Ridge Appomattox Forest BedfordForest Bedford Timberlake Appomattox Farmville Timberlake Farmville Rustburg Rustburg Hampden Hampden Sydney Sydney Crewe Crewe Altavista North North Shore ShoreAltavista Blackstone Blackstone Brookneal Brookneal Union Union Hall Hall Victoria Victoria Gretna Gretna
Chase Chase City City Halifax Halifax South South Hill Hill km South Boston South Boston Chatmoss Chatmoss Clarksville Clarksville Danville 0Danville 25 50 Eden Eden
38.75°N
There were no earthquakes with significant population exposure to shaking within a 400 km radius of this event.
IV
Burke BurkeAlexandria Alexandria Dale Dale City CitySaint Saint Charles Charles
Burke Burke Manassas Manassas
VI
Clifton Clifton Forge ForgeLexington Lexington Buena Buena Vista Vista Glasgow Glasgow Amherst Amherst Buchanan Buchanan
Chatham Chatham
Historical Earthquakes (with MMI levels):
Washington
Mount Jackson Mount Jackson Luray Luray BroadwayStanley Broadway Stanley Culpeper Culpeper Harrisonburg Harrisonburg Bridgewater Bridgewater Grottoes Grottoes Orange Orange Verona Verona Staunton Staunton Gordonsville Gordonsville Craigsville Craigsville Waynesboro Waynesboro Charlottesville Louisa Louisa Stuarts Stuarts Draft Draft Charlottesville Lake Lake Monticello Monticello
Structures: Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are resistant to earthquake shaking, though some vulnerable structures exist.
36.5°N
MMI City VII Louisa VI Gordonsville VI Newington VI Orange VI Weber City VI Lake Monticello V Virginia Beach V Washington IV Richmond IV Baltimore IV Annapolis bold cities appear on map