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Eleven years ago today, the ground shook across the Commonwealth (and beyond)

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It’s known as America’s most widely-felt earthquake

5.8M earthquake strikes central Virginia eight years ago Friday

Read full article: 5.8M earthquake strikes central Virginia eight years ago Friday

Copyright 2019 CNNROANOKE, Va. - Do you remember August 23, 2011? On that day, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck in Mineral, Virginia. According to the Virginia Tech Global Seismological Lab, shaking could be felt within in a minute in Roanoke, Lynchburg and the Highlands. It took one-to-two minutes to be felt in the New River Valley and parts of Southside. Copyright 2019 by WSLS 10 - All rights reserved.