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The last known earthquake on the fault was in 1868, measuring 4.0–5.0 in magnitude. [11] The Abra River Fault is a northern extension of the Philippine Fault Zone. As it runs through Luzon, it splays into three branches that runs beneath the southern Sierra Madre mountains, the Central Cordillera Mountains before terminating at the northern ...
The Marikina Valley fault system, also known as the Valley fault system (VFS), is a dominantly right-lateral strike-slip fault system in Luzon, Philippines. [2] It extends from Doña Remedios Trinidad, Bulacan in the north, running through the provinces of Rizal, the Metro Manila cities of Quezon, Marikina, Pasig, Taguig and Muntinlupa, and the provinces of Cavite and Laguna, before ending in ...
The New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid fault line (or fault zone or fault system), is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri.
The map and accompanying study offer precise information about the regions most at risk of earthquakes, and which types of quakes are likely to occur. ... of seismic stress across North America ...
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Multiple notable earthquakes have struck the United States this year, including a powerful quake in California and a historic event on the East Coast earlier in 2024. Strong earthquakes can lead ...
A simulation of a plausible major southern San Andreas fault earthquake — a magnitude 7.8 that begins near the Mexican border along the fault plane and unzips all the way to L.A. County's ...
1936 State Line earthquake: July 22, 1937: Alaska 7.3 M s 0 1937 Alaska earthquake [2] November 10, 1938: Alaska 8.2 M w 0 [8] May 18, 1940: California: 6.9 M w 9: 1940 El Centro earthquake: December 20, 1940: New Hampshire: 5.3 M w 0: 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes: December 24, 1940: New Hampshire: 5.5 M w 0: 1940 New Hampshire earthquakes ...