8/25/2011 - Another 4.5 in Virginia

Picking up or ...?

 I still find it a little strange that the quakes are happening in that area. Not unheard of yet certainly not normal.
quakes.globalincidentmap.com...

4 minutes ago
Magnitude: 4.5
DateTime: Thursday August 25 2011, 05:07:51 UTC
Region: Virginia
Depth: 6 km 

Listing as 2 at different depths and 1 minute apart but this site often has glitches. I don't understand why because it's a feed from USGS but...

Confirmed at USGS as 1 at 4.5:
earthquake.usgs.gov...
Magnitude 4.5

* Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 05:07:50 UTC

Location 37.940°N, 77.896°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles)
Region VIRGINIA
Distances 51 km (31 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia
53 km (32 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia
58 km (36 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia
83 km (51 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 11.3 km (7.0 miles); depth +/- 3 km (1.9 miles)

On a personal note, I'm curious as to why it's happening now. A year ago or maybe 5 would fly under the wire but this is just another WTF moment when we don't need one and of course we explain it as a circular event. That's what we do when there is no other way to explain it.

Ok, got that. But, the circular events are picking up in frequency and intensity as far as I can see.

This is crazy. This fault has been inactive for so long. Look at all the nuclear power plants located along the east coast. If this fault becomes more active, we're all screwed. Those plants were not designed to sustain earthquakes.