July 31, 2014
The doors are open at a new elementary school in Louisa County built to replace one destroyed by a 2011 earthquake. The Free Lance-Star reports that officials held a ribbon-cutting Monday at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School. The magnitude-5.8 earthquake that …
August 23, 2013
Construction has started on a new high school in Louisa County to replace one destroyed by a 2011 earthquake. Officials broke ground on the new school Wednesday evening. Friday marks the two-year anniversary of the magnitude-5.8 earthquake that was centered …
March 29, 2013
The Archdiocese of Baltimore says its downtown basilica will reopen Easter Sunday following repairs to damage caused by a 2011 earthquake. The church was closed last August for repairs caused by the 5.8 magnitude quake in Virginia. The basilica did …
October 24, 2012
Louisa County, Va., officials are preparing to break ground for a new elementary school that will replace one severely damaged by the 2011 earthquake. The Richmond Times-Dispatch says the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is scheduled …
July 11, 2012
Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey plan to map underground faults in Virginia that caused last year’s earthquake. The mapping will be done with a low-flying airplane carrying instruments that will measure gravitational and magnetic pull at different sites. The …