Cika wannan jumla: A 1:51pm a ranar 23 ga watan Agusta, 2011, a
Girgizar kasa mai karfin maki 5.8 ta auku, a kudancin Mineral, Virginia, mil goma sha ɗaya daga tashar nukiliya ta Arewacin Anna. Kamfanin dillancin labarai na Associated Press ya ba da rahoto cewa "an ji girgizar har zuwa Rhode Island, New York City da Martha's Vineyard, Mass". Reactors sun rufe ta atomatik kuma, saboda asarar wutar lantarki a waje, janaretocin dizal huɗu sun fara samar da wutar lantarki ga tsarin tsaro. Ginin ya ba da rahoton matsayin "Gargaɗi", matakin na biyu mafi ƙanƙanta na rarrabuwa na gaggawa na NRC guda huɗu, har zuwa 11:16 na safe a ranar 24 ga Agusta, 2011. Ɗaya daga cikin janareto ya sha wahala daga kwararar mai sanyaya kuma ya daina aiki. An kunna janareta na biyar don maye gurbin naúrar da ta lalace, wanda aka gyara. An dawo da wutar lantarki daga baya a ranar 23 ga Agusta. Dominion ya kuma ba da rahoton cewa girgizar ba ta shafi tashar wutar lantarki ba. Hakanan a ranar 24 ga Agusta, Dominion ya ba da sanarwar cewa ya kawo karshen "Sanarwar Abubuwan da ba a saba gani ba", mafi ƙarancin haɗarin haɗari na NRC, a tashar wutar lantarki ta Arewa Anna bayan binciken kayan aikin da ke da saurin girgizar ƙasa.