I was sitting in my Kindergarten class when I heard an announcement over the loudspeaker: "Students and Teachers, please take cover under your desks. This is not a drill," or something to that effect. Being in Kindergarten, I did not really know what that meant, so I just got under the desk without a worry in the world. When I got picked up by my parents, they asked if everything was all right. I, naturally, said that everything was. I then learned that we'd had a 5.8 magnitude earthquake in D.C, the largest earthquake DC had ever had and that it also damaged the Washington Monument.
Due to its location, DC is not at a high risk for geohazards. It is inland, pretty hilly, and does not sit on any fault lines, nor is it near any Volcanos, so it is not at high risk for hurricanes, tornados, or high-magnitude earthquakes, and it is at a very low risk for volcanos. It is also in a warmer climate, so it is not at high risk for blizzards or snowstorms. However, DC has an extreme risk of precipitation and flooding, along with drought risk, which is especially prominent over the summer, due to the extreme heat and humidity.
Although D.C. is not on any major fault lines and is not near any plate boundaries, it is still at a bit of a risk for a low-magnitude earthquake, due to having a weakened continental crust and the compression of brittle rocks deep underground, which cause most east-cost earthquakes, contrary to the west coast, where plates rub directly together to cause earthquakes. Most earthquakes in D.C. will not actually start in DC--rather they will start in VA or MD and travel to DC.
https://climatecheck.com/washington-dc
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