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  2. List of earthquakes in the United States - Wikipedia

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    2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake – magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter on Moresby Island in British Columbia, the second largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer, over 100,000 people were evacuated to higher ground in the state of Hawai'i

  3. List of historical earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings – later followed by seismotomography imaging technique, [1] observations using space satellites from outer space, [2] artificial intelligence (AI)-based early earthquake warnings [3] – they rely mainly ...

  4. 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    They remain the most powerful earthquakes to hit the contiguous United States east of the Rocky Mountains in recorded history. [10] [11] [12] The earthquakes, as well as the seismic zone of their occurrence, were named for the Mississippi River town of New Madrid, then part of the Louisiana Territory and now within the U.S. state of Missouri.

  5. Lists of earthquakes - Wikipedia

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    A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.

  6. 1968 Illinois earthquake - Wikipedia

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    The 1968 Illinois earthquake (a New Madrid event) [4] was the largest recorded earthquake in the U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois. Striking at 11:02 a.m. on November 9, it measured 5.3 on the Richter scale . [ 5 ]

  7. Which parts of Stanislaus County are most at risk for ... - AOL

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    A map of the faults that run through Stanislaus County. ... Monday’s magnitude 4.5 temblor was the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments in the county, Philibosian said.

  8. 1964 Alaska earthquake - Wikipedia

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    Lasting four minutes and thirty-eight seconds, the magnitude 9.2–9.3 megathrust earthquake remains the most powerful earthquake ever recorded in North America, [2] [4] and the second most powerful earthquake ever recorded in the world since modern seismography began in 1900. [5]

  9. 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami - Wikipedia

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    The 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake occurred on July 9, 1958, at 22:15:58 PST with a moment magnitude of 7.8 to 8.3 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme). [4] The strike-slip earthquake took place on the Fairweather Fault and triggered a rockslide of 30 million cubic meters (40 million cubic yards) and about 90 million tons into the ...