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Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 607 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority 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 ...
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 ...
A U.S. Geological Survey map shows "Did you feel it?" points from residents in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond, related to a 4.8 earthquake that hit the region on April 5, 2024.
The area within 100 km radius of New York City has an intermediate level of seismic activity, more than what is observed in central New York State. [11] It is not as seismically active as California which is located at a transform plate boundary, but large and damaging earthquakes do occur. Furthermore, when these rare eastern U.S. earthquakes ...
Sept. 3, 2020: A 3.8 earthquake was detected west-northwest of Jay, Florida. Feb. 7, 2024: A 4.0 earthquake was detected about 100 miles east of Cape Canaveral. What does magnitude mean in an ...
Officials reported that shaking could be felt from Philadelphia all the way up into southern New England. Later, a 4.0 aftershock hit the region.
List of earthquakes in 2024; 2023–2024 El Niño event; J. June 2024 South African storm complex; K. 2024–2025 Kanlaon eruption; 2024 Kuala Lumpur sinkhole; M.
While earthquakes in the northeast U.S. are rare, Buffalo, New York, was struck by a 3.8-magnitude quake in February 2023 — the strongest recorded in the area in 40 years.