As we're all aware, we had a 5.8 Earthquake on Tuesday 8/23. While the quake's epicenter was in Virginia, we certainly felt it here.
Thankfully, there was no damage to our Town infrastructure and no injuries reported. We have considerable historic structures in town, and they all seemed to be fine.
According to the US Geological Survey, the last 5.8 magnitude earthquake in this area was over 100 years ago! While it was certainly an interesting event, I hope it's another 100 years before another earthquake happens here.
The earthquake was felt here at 1:51pm. By 2:10pm all town staff had been accounted for, and they were inspecting infrastructure for issues: Wastewater Treatment Plant, Pump stations, towers and water treatment facilities. The street grids were also checked for water leaks, road damage, etc. Everything came back OK. Now we're faced with a potential Category II Hurricane this weekend, and our town staff will be heading into a briefing soon to get an update and to produce a game plan for making sure our citizens are safe and our town is protected.
