Mineral, Virginia

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Mineral, Virginia is a small town in Louisa County best known as the epicenter of the 2011 Virginia earthquake.

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Mineral, Virginia canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf incorporated town
town
areaCode 540
censusDesignation town
climate humid subtropical climate
country United States of America
countrySubdivision Louisa County
countySeatOf none
distanceToCharlottesville approximately 35 miles east
distanceToRichmond approximately 60 miles northwest
earthquakeDate2011 23 August 2011
earthquakeDepth2011 about 6 kilometers
earthquakeMagnitude2011 5.8 moment magnitude
elevationAboveSeaLevel 1120 feet
eventEpicenterOf 2011 Virginia earthquake
governmentType town council
hasCoordinateLatitude 38.008
hasCoordinateLongitude -77.909
hasFeature residential neighborhoods
small-town business district
surrounding farmland
hasHistoricEconomicActivity gold mining
pyrite mining
hasLandUse commercial
residential
rural
hasNearbyWaterBody Lake Anna
hasTransportation Virginia State Route 208
Virginia State Route 22
hasZIPCodeType standard
isPartOf Central Virginia
United States South Atlantic states
knownFor epicenter of the 2011 Virginia earthquake
locatedIn Virginia
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

Louisa County, Virginia
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear North Anna Nuclear Generating Station facilities
surface form: North Anna Nuclear Generating Station
namedFor mineral mining industry
nearbyCity Louisa, Virginia
partOf Richmond metropolitan area
surface form: Richmond, Virginia metropolitan statistical area

Bureau of the Census
surface form: United States Census Bureau
postalCode 23117
previousName Tolersville
region Piedmont region of Virginia
state Virginia
timeZoneDST Eastern Time Zone
surface form: Eastern Daylight Time

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2011 Virginia earthquake locatedIn Mineral, Virginia
2011 Virginia earthquake epicenterNear Mineral, Virginia
North Anna Nuclear Generating Station facilities epicenterNear Mineral, Virginia
subject surface form: 2011 Virginia earthquake
North Anna Nuclear Generating Station facilities nearbyCity Mineral, Virginia
subject surface form: North Anna Nuclear Generating Station
Lake Anna locatedNear Mineral, Virginia