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The Eastern Tennessee seismic zone (ETSZ), also known as the East Tennessee seismic zone and the Southern Appalachian seismic zone, is a geographic band stretching from northeastern Alabama to southwestern Virginia that is subject to frequent small earthquakes. The ETSZ is one of the most active earthquake zones in the eastern United States. [1 ...
Tennessee: 7.6–7.9 December 16, 1811 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Texas: 6.5 August 16, 1931 1931 Valentine earthquake Utah: 7.0 November 13, 1901 1901 Richfield earthquake U.S. Virgin Islands: 7.5 November 18, 1867 1867 Virgin Islands earthquake and tsunami Vermont: 4.0 March 31, 1953 [56] Virginia: 5.8 August 23, 2011 2011 Virginia ...
Three major earthquake events occurred in Tennessee in 1843, 1865, and 1895. The 1843 event registered Mercalli intensities of VIII (Severe); it resulted in cracking walls, shattering windows, and toppling chimneys. Felt over an area of 1,000,000 square kilometers (386,102 sq mi), the earthquake caused more alarm than damage in Western ...
About 55 earthquakes a day – 20,000 a year – are recorded by the National Earthquake Information Center. ... A major earthquake measuring 7.4 hit Taiwan early Wednesday, killing 9 and injuring ...
That’s also where South Carolina’s most powerful recent earthquakes were recorded on June 29, 2022. ... 96 earthquakes have hit the Columbia area since a 3.3-magnitude quake was recorded Dec ...
The strongest earthquake in 240 years to hit New Jersey and New York occurred on April 5. The magnitude 4.8 surprised residents and reached as far as New York City . Dozens of videos were recorded ...
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 561 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. Almost all of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in the ...
MARTIN COUNTY, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The United States Geological Survey recorded a 3.1 magnitude earthquake about 10 miles northwest of Stanton and about 19 miles northeast of Midland at around 8 ...