Blasting at a Plainville quarry registered as a magnitude 2 earthquake on the U.S. Geological Survey website Tuesday.

During the Wednesday, May 7, concert of the band's M72 World Tour, the heavy metal rock band caused a minor earthquake when performing their hit "Enter Sandman." The Lane Stadium show at Virginia ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. – A highly anticipated Metallica concert at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium wasn’t just a performance; it was a seismic event. For Hokies, the opening chords of “Enter Sandman ...

It wasn’t just the Metallica concert at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg causing seismic waves this week, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake was recorded near Dillwyn on Tuesday. The earthquake’s center ...

Chapman also explains that Virginia actually gets earthquakes somewhat regularly, it's just most of them can't be felt - only seen - through a seismogram unless you are near the epicenter.

BUCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WAVY) — Just after 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, a 3.0 magnitude earthquake occurred five miles south of Dillwyn, Virginia in Buckingham County, with the small quake felt by ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Thousands of Central Virginians ... I tried to get up, and I couldn't sit up.'" The earthquake was felt from Richmond to Henrico, North Chesterfield, and Colonial Heights ...

As of 3:20pm ET, no damages or injuries have been reported. It is rare for earthquakes to strike Virginia, as this East Coast state is seated in the middle of the North American tectonic plate ...

A small earthquake rattled parts of west-central Virginia Tuesday afternoon.According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.8-magntitude earthquake was recorded around Dillwyn and Farmville around 1: ...

DILLWYN, Va. — A 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck central Virginia on Tuesday afternoon, the United States Geological Survey reported. The exact location of the epicenter was 7 kilometers south ...

A gold star indicates where the May 6, 2025 earthquake was centered, just south of Dillwyn, Virginia. (Courtesy U.S. Geological Survey) ...