earthquake

Price's Pantry site damaged by vehicle

It turns out that the photo used to illustrate last week's news story entitled "Rattle on: We've had 'more than 100' aftershocks"– a picture of the defunct Price's Pantry grocery store– showed damage that occurred four days before the earthquake, an automobile
Students in the cosmetology classes probably weren't prepared for this.

Cracked, sure. But is Louisa County H.S. really kaput?

New photos posted by the publicity director for the Louisa County public school system show cracks in concrete block walls (as well as lots of stuff strewn about). But do the images really depict a school that must remain out of service for the entire academic year?

Video shows Louisa High School as earthquake hit

Newly-released surveillance video shows the moment of the Louisa County-centered earthquake. And like a modern-day Rudy Giuliani, who famously moved amid the wreckage of 9/11, the superintendent of the Louisa County Public Schools, Dr. Deborah Pettit, can be seen inside th
Nuclear power watchdogs say the risk of radiation contamination rose significantly with the August 23 earthquake.

Tritium trouble? Nuke fears rise with quake, self-policing

After the nuclear catastrophe that followed the earthquake and tsunami in Japan last spring, some Central Virginia activists cautioned that a similar nightmare could unfold right here at the Dominion-operated North Anna nuclear generating plant in Louisa County.
It started with a rumble, progressed to a heavy shake, and then tapered off-- the minute that seemed like an hour.

What's next: Is the quake just the beginning?

Unless you were in the presence of a perceptive animal– and there were scattered reports of skittish dogs– it came without warning four seconds after 1:51pm on a sunny Tuesday, August 23. At 5.8 on the Richter scale, it was the biggest earthquake to hit Central
The earthquake led to the temporary closure of several theaters at the Carmike 6.

Quake closed Carmike

In the immediate aftermath of the Tuesday, August 23 earthquake, it appeared Charlottesville had avoided the building damage that closed two schools for a year and crumbled countless chimneys in Louisa County near the quake's epicenter. Turns out, at least one building in t
Already-closed Price's Pantry on Route 522 lost its porte-cochère.

Rattle on: We've had 'more than 100' aftershocks

Still feeling multiple aftershocks every day? Friends saying you're dreaming? You may not be, according to a top earthquake scientist, who says that there have been "more than 100 aftershocks."
This house near Bells Lane on Courthouse Road lost its chimney.

Exclusive photos from quake-torn Central Virginia

A Hook journalist visited the earthquake-damaged towns of Mineral, Louisa, and Cuckoo in Louisa County Tuesday afternoon to capture images of the destruction wrought by the earthquake that struck shortly before 2pm on August 23.
You always knew that Central Virginia was the capital of the universe, didn't you?

Tremor rocks Cville!

1:52pm: Whoa! We just had a long tremor/earthquake? here on the Downtown Mall just seconds ago! Stay tuned for more.

Shaken: UVA grad reports from Chile

Alexandra Fitzsimmons may not be able to return to Concepcion, where she teaches English. PHOTO COURTESY ALEXANDRA FITZSIMMONS Like most people in Chile, A
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