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It was originally reported as an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.1 but was later adjusted to 3.8 after further reports. Footage shows the calm scenes in the town of Kittery , Maine quickly shift ...
An earthquake centered off the coast of New England Monday morning was felt in the Boston area, Maine and Pennsylvania. ... "Today's M3.8 near Bar Harbor, Maine, ...
A 3.8-magnitude earthquake originating off the coast of Maine shook New England today, with tremors felt in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire.. The earthquake occurred eight miles ...
Another earthquake rumbled through the Columbia area as tremors hit overnight. A 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Sunday morning in the Midlands, according to the U.S. Geological Survey ...
Earthquakes in the New Madrid and Wabash Valley seismic zones from 1974 to 2002, with magnitudes larger than 2.5. The zone had four of the largest earthquakes in recorded North American history, with moment magnitudes estimated to be as large as 7 or greater, all occurring within a 3-month period between December 1811 and February 1812. Many of ...
Molina lives about 20 minutes from where the earthquake was centered near Paramus, New Jersey. The U.S. Geological Survey gave the quake an initial rating of 2.4 magnitude. It happened just after ...
New Madrid fault and earthquake-prone region considered at high risk today. The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2–8.2 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day. Two additional earthquakes of ...
The majority of interplate earthquakes, or earthquakes that occur near the boundaries of tectonic plates, near the Cascadia subduction zone occur in the forearc of the overriding North American plate in Washington, west of the Cascade Volcanic Arc and east of where tremor occurs. [13] These earthquakes are sometimes referred to as crustal ...