Earthquake near Giles County
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WSLS News Staff
Published: January 14, 2009
A small earthquake rattled parts of the New River Valley and West Virginia Monday evening.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the earthquake’s epicenter was in West Virginia (37.269 N, 80.776 W), about 5 miles South-Southeast from Narrows, and 5 miles South-Southwest from Pearisburg.
The earthquake registered a magnitude of 2.3 on the richter scale, which means many people probably did not feel anything.
Click here to learn more about how earthquake intensity is measured
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Posted by ( Jeanne ) on January 14, 2009 at 8:58 pm
The epicenter was where? Five miles SSE of Narrows and five miles SSW of Pearisburg is in Virginia. West Virginia is north of both towns.
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