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It is the largest earthquake to strike the state of California since the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes, and the strongest to strike the northwestern coast of the state since 2005. [7] People as far away as Phoenix, Arizona , and Vancouver , Canada , reported shaking. [ 4 ]
2006 Kuril Islands earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.3 earthquake, no injuries or fatalities anywhere; 2009 Samoa earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 8.0 earthquake with an epicenter 120 miles (190 km) southwest of American Samoa generated tsunami waves up to 16 feet (5 m), killing 34 people in American Samoa and causing extensive damage [39]
California residents felt the impact of a major earthquake that occurred off the West Coast on Thursday. The U.S. Geological Survey reported that a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred off the coast ...
An earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States on Friday morning, according to the U.S. ... Simons said this was one of the largest earthquakes in New Jersey in recent history. The last ...
"It was a big earthquake," said Kaitlin Graves, an employee at Petrolia General Store about 50 miles south of Eureka. "It was a lot of up-and-down shaking." (Paul Duginski / Los Angeles Times)
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 ...
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY. Updated December 5, 2024 at 12:27 PM. About 55 earthquakes a day ... The largest earthquake in U.S. history was the 1964 Good Friday quake in Alaska, ...
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.