Reported quake or seismic-like event: Virginia, 7.1 mi west of Washington, Washington DC, USA, Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022 at 1:08 pm (GMT -5)

12 Jan 18:12 UTC: First to report: VolcanoDiscovery after 4 minutes.

Earthquake details

Date & time	Jan 12, 2022 18:08:28 UTC
Local time at epicenter	Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022 at 1:08 pm (GMT -5)
Status	uncertain, preliminary
Magnitude	unknown (3.8?)
Depth	10.0 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	38.90813°N / 77.16797°W (Fairfax, Virginia, United States)
Antipode	38.908°S / 102.832°E
Shaking intensity	Light shaking
Felt	5 reports
Primary data source	VolcanoDiscovery (User-reported shaking)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
Nearby towns and cities	11 km (7 mi) W of Washington (District of Columbia) (pop: 601,700) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby 153 km (95 mi) N of Richmond (pop: 220,300) \| Show on map \| Quakes nearby
Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Broken Clouds 6°C (43 F), humidity: 42%, wind: 0 m/s (1 kts) from SW
Estimated seismic energy released	3.2 x 10¹⁰ joules (8.78 megawatt hours, equivalent to 7.56 tons of TNT) \| about seismic energy

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Washington DC / Weak shaking (MMI III) / vibration and rolling : I felt a shake about one hour after this. 2:09pm. Bottles rattled on desk and ceiling fan shook. Downtown DC

IRELAND (0 km NNE of epicenter) [Map] / Very strong shaking (MMI VII) / complex motion difficult to describe / several minutes

fairfax / not felt

Alexandria, VA / Moderate shaking (MMI V) / rattling, vibrating

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