Excerpt: | An hour ago, a significant earthquake struck near one of the United States’ most populated areas, causing minor damage, disrupting travel, and prompting evacuations of buildings. But unusually, the populated area that this quake affected was not in California, or on the Left Coast, or even west of the Rocky Mountains, where earthquakes are an […] |
Published at: | 11:55 AM on Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011 |
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Written by: | Andrew Villeneuve |
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Categories: | Policy Topics, Public Planning |
Tags: | Disaster Recovery, Emergency Preparedness |
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Earthquake strikes near D.C.: Nation’s capital gets a taste of a major hazard we live with