Mineral, Virginia

Mineral, Virginia is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia. In the 2010 census, 467 people lived in Mineral.
2011 earthquake.
At 1:51 p.m. on August 23, 2011, a 5.8 magnitude earthquake was centered south-southwest of Mineral. The center of the earthquake was underground. According to the Associated Press, it "forced evacuations of all the monuments on the National Mall in Washington and rattled nerves from Florida to Canada". The roof of Mineral's town hall collapsed. three of the six schools in the county were heavily damaged. No one died, and some people had minor injuries.