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James R. Martin II, a renowned expert on earthquakes, at the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, was tasked on August 26 with leading an investigative team of U.S. scientists and engineers to document after-effects of the August 23 East Coast earthquake centered near Mineral, Va. His investigation team had to move fast to take samples, create maps, and photograph regional damage to subsurface and infrastructure locations. Hurricane Irene made landfall August 27.