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According to the Geological Survey, Friday's 4.8 magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit New Jersey in nearly 250 years. But Scott Brandenberg, a professor of civil and environmental ...
While earthquakes in the northeast U.S. are rare, Buffalo, New York, was struck by a 3.8-magnitude quake in February 2023 — the strongest recorded in the area in 40 years.
Officials reported that shaking could be felt from Philadelphia all the way up into southern New England. Later, a 4.0 aftershock hit the region.
On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 EDT (14:23 UTC), a M w 4.8 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township.While it was felt across the New York metropolitan area, Delaware Valley, the Washington D.C metropolitan area, and other parts of the northeastern United States between Virginia and Maine, it had a relatively minor impact, with no major damage ...
The 2011 Virginia earthquake, a 5.8 magnitude quake centered in northern Virginia that occurred on August 23, 2011, was felt by the occupants of some buildings in Manhattan, more than 200 miles (320 km) north of the quake's epicenter and caused minor physical building damage in Brooklyn. [18]
The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt the midmorning quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, or about 45 miles (72 ...
The 1867 Manhattan earthquake struck Riley County, Kansas, in the United States on April 24, 1867, at 20:22 UTC, or about 14:30 local time.The strongest earthquake to originate in the state, it measured 5.1 on a seismic scale that is based on an isoseismal map or the event's felt area.
“These are rare events and, you know, today we saw 45 miles west of Manhattan a 4.8-magnitude earthquake with really either no or minimal impacts to infrastructure. That’s good news for all of us.