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M5.8 - Louisa, Virginia, 2011
Moderately heavy damage (VIII) occurred in a rural region of Louisa County southwest of Mineral. Widespread light to moderate damage occurred from central Virginia to southern Maryland including the District of Columbia area. Minor damage reported in parts of Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Very strongly felt (VII) at Boston, Bumpass, Kents Store, Louisa, Mineral, Rhoadsville and Sumerduck. Felt strongly in much of central Virginia and southern Maryland. Felt throughout the eastern US from central Georgia to central Maine and west to Detroit, Michigan and Chicago, Illinois. Felt in many parts of southeastern Canada from Montreal to Windsor.
M7.0 - Southern Xinjiang, China, 1985
At least 71 people killed, 162 injured, about 15,000 homeless and about 85 percent of the buildings destroyed in the Wuqia-Shufu area. Cracks in highways and sandblows reported in Wuqia County. Slight damage at Kashi. Felt (VII) at Sufi-Kurgan and (VI) at Osh, Namangan and Andizhan, USSR. Felt throughout much of Tajikistan, Kirghizia and Fergana Basin, USSR. Felt also at Rawalpindi, Islamabad and Peshawar, Pakistan.
From Significant Earthquakes of the World, 1985
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