...The quake, which was centered a few miles west of Interstate 95 and the Kings Dominion Amusement Park occurred about 12 miles below the surface, according to data from the Geological Survey.

By 9 p.m. Saturday, 123 reports of the quake had been sent to the survey's "Did You Feel It" site. Reports came from an area of about 3,000 or 4,000 square miles. The largest number, 33, came from an area in Hanover with about 5,000 residents....

http://www.washingto...nav=hcmoduletmv

Just my opinion, but there should be a threshold that a "quake" has to achieve to be called an earthquake - below that call it a tremor or something.

Tremor is another name for an Earthquake

I get what you mean though, like the way a weak Hurricane is a Tropical Storm.