Small earthquake shakes Va.

WASHINGTON — A small earthquake shook Buckingham County in central Virginia Wednesday morning.

The quake, which had a magnitude of 2.4, occurred 3 miles from Dillwyn and had a depth of almost 5 miles, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.

It happened just after 7 a.m.

Charlottesville is roughly 31 miles from where the quake occurred.

On March 13, another quake with a magnitude of 2.6 was recorded in Virginia, near Goochland.

 

Colleen Kelleher

Colleen Kelleher is an award-winning journalist who has been with WTOP since 1996. Kelleher joined WTOP as the afternoon radio writer and night and weekend editor and made the move to WTOP.com in 2001. Now she works early mornings as the site's Senior Digital Editor.

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