A magnitude 2.4 earthquake was widely felt across the Richmond area Friday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The quake occurred at 5:51 p.m. in Chesterfield County, about 12 miles from Chester and 19 miles from Richmond. A USGS “shake map” for the event showed the small temblor was widely felt near the epicenter, with regional responses from Chesterfield, Richmond, Petersburg and Midlothian.
The earthquake occurred along the Central Virginia Seismic Zone, the same fault line that produced one of the strongest quakes to ever hit the East Coast. The magnitude 5.8 quake in central Virginia in August 2011 produced aftershocks for years…