Gas Smell Alarms Residents, Small Earthquakes in Virginia, Washington Monument Closed: News Nearby

Patch has 32 sites in communities in Va. and D.C. Here are some of our top posts from the past 24 hours.

• Gas Smell Explained in Loudoun County, Bull Run Area
• Virginia Making Push for LGBT Visitors
• Woman Robbed in Bizarre Scam in Pentagon City: Police

Small Earthquakes Shake Virginia Over the Weekend

Two mild earthquakes registered in Virginia over the weekend, about 12 miles southeast of Louisa, Va., the same area that was the epicenter of the "big" earthquake that struck five years ago, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The first of this weekend's small quakes in Louisa, located between Richmond and Charlottesville, registered late Saturday at 11:34 p.m. at 1.6 magnitude; the other one shook the ground about an hour later, registering at 1.9 magnitude. >>> Read more.

Washington Monument Shut Down Indefinitely

The Washington Monument is closed to the public for the foreseeable future as officials have been unable to get a handle on the continuing problems with the monument's elevator, according to a statement from the National Park Service. >>> Read more.

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