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It was the strongest earthquake recorded in North Carolina in 104 years, [1] the second-strongest in the state's history, and the largest to strike the East Coast since the 2011 Virginia earthquake. [2] The earthquake significantly damaged homes and businesses in Sparta and injured at least one person.
1944 Cornwall–Massena earthquake North Carolina: 5.2 February 21, 1916 [51] North Dakota: 4.4 July 8, 1968 [52] Ohio: 5.4 March 9, 1937 [53] Oklahoma: 5.8 September 3, 2016 2016 Oklahoma earthquake Oregon: 8.7–9.2 January 26, 1700 1700 Cascadia earthquake Pennsylvania: 5.2 September 25, 1998 1998 Pymatuning earthquake Puerto Rico: 8.0–8.3
The main earthquake was the strongest earthquake to hit the region in 20 years. [28] 2019 Hurricane: 84 killed, 245 missing $5.1 billion Hurricane Dorian: Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico, The Bahamas (especially the Abaco Islands and Grand Bahama), Eastern United States (especially Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina), Eastern Canada
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A 2.6-magnitude earthquake struck near the North Carolina-Virginia border around 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
These nine most recent earthquakes in a four-day stretch happened weeks after two earthquakes were confirmed in the area near South Carolina state line with North Carolina. History of earthquakes ...
A few damaging earthquakes have occurred in the ETSZ; the largest historic earthquakes measured 5.1 magnitude, occurring in April 29, 2003 near Fort Payne, Alabama and August 9, 2020 near Sparta, North Carolina. Earthquakes large enough to be felt occur approximately once per year in the ETSZ. [1]
The strongest earthquake ever recorded in South Carolina — and on the East Coast of the U.S. — was a devastating 7.3 in Charleston in 1886.