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There hasn't been an earthquake as powerful as magnitude 5.9 in Virgina/Washington DC area since the Giles County (Virginia) earthquake in 1897 also recorded at magnitude 5.9.

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Q: Has there ever been an earthquake in Washington D.C.?
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