3.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Mineral, parts of northern Virginia

Posted at 07:07 AM ET, 03/26/2012
3.1-magnitude earthquake rattles Mineral, parts of northern Virginia
By Maggie Fazeli Fard

Seven months after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Mineral, Va. and rattled much of the East Coast, a smaller quake shook the same area late Sunday night.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.1-magnitude quake hit just outside of Mineral, a town of fewer than 500 people about 80 miles southwest of Washington, at 11:21 p.m.

There were no reports of injury or damage, but people as far north as Fairfax and Loudoun counties reported feeling weak levels of shaking.