[ALERT] 3.1 Magnitude Earthquake Near North Anna Nuclear Plant, Mineral Virginia

A shallow 3.1 Earthquake occurred Sunday, March 25, 2012 at 23:21:51 (Local Time) within approximately 15 miles of the North Anna Nuclear Plant.

The situation bears monitoring because of previous earthquake damage at the plant and likely associated reports of degraded station batteries (possibly caused by the previous quake)