Within 300 km
Earthquakes near Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States · population 46,597. Every earthquake within 300 km since 1900.
Past 30 days0M2.5+ within 300 km
Past year0M2.5+
Since 19006M4.5+, 0 of them M6+
How often M6+—none on record nearby
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Magnitude 4.5+ per year since 1900
Within 300 km of Charlottesville. Small quakes were rarely recorded worldwide before the 1970s, so early years show fewer.
The strongest on record
- 5.8 11 km SSW of Mineral, Virginia Aug 23, 2011
- 5.1 4 km SE of Sparta, North Carolina Aug 9, 2020
- 4.6 6 km NE of Luray, Virginia Apr 10, 1918
- 4.5 8 km ENE of Athens, West Virginia Nov 20, 1969
- 4.5 8 km SW of Mineral, Virginia Aug 25, 2011
- 4.5 5 km ENE of Columbia, Virginia Dec 9, 2003
- 4.2 11 km SSW of Mineral, Virginia Aug 24, 2011
- 4.1 3 km NNE of Little Creek, Delaware Nov 30, 2017
- 3.6 5 km NNW of Barnesville, Maryland Jul 16, 2010
- 3.6 Virginia May 5, 2003
The latest nearby
- 2.5 4 km E of Riverside, Maryland Oct 27, 2025
- 3.0 8 km S of Dillwyn, Virginia May 6, 2025
- 2.8 0 km NE of Reno, Ohio Feb 3, 2025
- 2.8 1 km NNE of Wyndham, Virginia Jan 14, 2025
- 2.5 4 km WNW of Claysville, Pennsylvania Sep 11, 2024
- 2.6 Virginia-North Carolina border region Jul 8, 2023
- 2.7 5 km S of Hillsville, Virginia Jul 6, 2023
- 2.5 2 km N of Pembroke, Virginia Jun 17, 2023
- 2.6 29 km E of Greenbackville, Virginia Feb 9, 2023
- 2.6 Virginia-North Carolina border region Oct 25, 2022
- 2.6 4 km N of Lafayette, Virginia Sep 27, 2021
- 2.8 10 km S of Narrows, Virginia Jul 15, 2021
- 2.6 2 km SE of Woodlawn, Maryland Jun 25, 2021
- 2.6 1 km SSW of Sparta, North Carolina Feb 4, 2021
- 2.8 3 km ENE of Sparta, North Carolina Oct 25, 2020