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National Cathedral receives $5 million restoration gift
8/23/12 5:21 PM
Cathedral officials say the grant from the Indianapolis-based Lilly Endowment will allow them to begin active stonework restoration on Thursday.
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D.C. Earthquake: one year later
8/23/12 7:03 AM
Thursday marks the one year anniversary of the powerful earthquake that rocked the D.C. area. Here are updates to some of our area’s most notable buildings.

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Louisa schools still adjusting to 2011 earthquake damage
8/15/12 8:05 PM
The 5.8 magnitude quake hit during school. There were no injuries, but the high school was condemned. And this year's freshmen could spend their entire high school career in trailers.
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L.A. earthquake: Moderate quake shakes Los Angeles area
8/8/12 5:26 AM
A moderate earthquake gave a late-night jolt to the Los Angeles area, but no damages or injuries were reported.
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Los Angeles earthquake: 3.2 quake rattles greater Los Angeles area
7/19/12 9:46 AM
A magnitude-3.2 earthquake rattled the greater Los Angeles area early Thursday morning.
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Italy earthquake 2012: Earthquake kills at least 16 people
5/29/12 5:26 PM
Rescuers say they have pulled a woman alive from the rubble of her apartment building, 12 hours after a killer quake hit northern Italy. Officials changed Tuesday's death toll to 16 - one lower than earlier reported - and said one person remains missing. The number of injured was raised to 350.
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Alaska earthquake 2012: 4.8 quake strikes near Anchorage
5/16/12 1:37 PM
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Anchorage, Alaska early Wednesday morning.
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Two earthquakes rock Indonesia
4/11/12 10:28 AM
Two massive earthquakes triggered back-to-back tsunami warnings for Indonesia on Wednesday, sending panicked residents fleeing to high ground in cars and on the backs of motorcycles.
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Virginia feels earthquake aftershock
3/26/12 6:44 AM
The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.1-magnitude aftershock occurred at 11:21 p.m. Sunday 8 miles south of Louisa, Va. and 8 miles south-southwest of Mineral.

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D.C. earthquake 2011 one-year anniversary: Where were you?
8/23/12 4:58 PM
At 1:51 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2011, the ground beneath the D.C. area shook. It was a 5.8 earthquake that rattled nerves and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. A year later, we want to hear your stories from that day.
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Washington Monument didn't sink because of earthquake
8/21/12 6:22 PM
The Washington Monument did not sink any further into the ground as a result of last year's 5.8-magnitude earthquake, government surveyors said in a report released Tuesday.
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Iran earthquake 2012: At least 87 people killed in large quake
8/11/12 1:09 PM
Iranian state television says at least 87 people have been killed in a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in northwestern Iran.
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Earthquake rattles Louisa County
7/31/12 6:42 AM
The U.S. Geological Survey says the 2.4-magnitude earthquake occurred in Louisa County around 12:43 a.m. Tuesday.
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Washington Monument may be closed until 2014
7/9/12 5:36 PM
Scaffolding could once again adorn the walls of the Washington Monument, and this time it could be for the long term, thanks to a repair project that could take until 2014 to complete.
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Alan Jackson Mineral concert raises money for Louisa County schools
5/21/12 4:08 PM
It has been more than 9 months since last August's 5.8 earthquake rocked Mineral, Va., and while the community continues to recover, they got a little star power to help the region.
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Thomas Jefferson Elementary School to be closed Friday
5/10/12 11:24 AM
Louisa County is preparing to say goodbye to an elementary school that was damaged by last year's earthquake.
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Coast Guard sinks Japanese 'ghost ship' adrift since earthquake, tsunami
4/6/12 8:33 PM
A Canadian fishing vessel, the 62-foot Bernice C, had claimed salvage rights over the ghost ship in international waters, but was unable to tow the 164-foot Ryou-Un Maru. The Coast Guard then poured cannon fire into it and sunk it in the Gulf of Alaska.
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Mexico earthquake 2012: Acapulco, Mexico City feel 'strong, long quake'
3/20/12 11:22 PM
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 damaged more than 800 homes near the epicenter and spread fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.
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