Comment: Virginia has earthquakes; our state should never consider lifting the ban on uranium mining!
WSLS News Staff
news@wsls.com
Published: November 25, 2009
The USGS has changed the earthquake’s epicenter to about 7 miles north of Appomattox.
The USGS still estimates that the earthquake was a 2.7 magnitude quake.
7:10 p.m.
Appomattox County dispatch says it has not received calls about damage in the county.
6:59 p.m.
The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed that an earthquake hit our area Wednesday evening.
The USGS says a magnitude 2.7 earthquake hit about 5:27 p.m., with an epicenter about two miles east-southeast of Appomattox.
We received some calls to our newsroom from people in Amherst County who felt the earthquake there.
Some residents had reported pictures falling from the walls and one man reported the gutter on his roof had fallen during the tremors.
Roakes says no one has reported any incidents of personal injury.
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