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The Ramapo Fault has been blamed for several past earthquakes, but the specific association of any significant earthquake with this fault has yet to be demonstrated. [6] A damaging earthquake affecting New York City in 1884 was incorrectly argued to be caused by the Ramapo fault, likely because it is the most prominent mapped fault in the ...
Map of the Ramapo Fault System: Earthquake epicenter at Lebanon, NJ. Hopewell Fault (red) and Flemington Fault (light blue) join the Ramapo (yellow) fault near the quake epicenter.
Scientists suspect that the earthquake likely originated in the area of the Ramapo fault zone in the Newark basin. The fault system contains a branching network of faults.
New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is the science behind the cause and the Ramapo Fault.
Map depicting the extent of the Ramapo Fault System in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The Ramapo Fault, which marks the western boundary of the Newark rift basin, has been argued to be a major seismically active feature of this region, [22] but it is difficult to discern the extent to which the Ramapo fault (or any other specific ...
The causative fault for the earthquake was likely in the area of the Ramapo Fault zone, [8] which extends from Pennsylvania to New York [9] and was formed by the break-up of the supercontinent Pangaea during the Late Triassic. [10] Another possible origin is the Flemington Fault, a younger fault in the same area. [11]
Scientists said the initial earthquake and related aftershocks are located near the Ramapo Fault, an 185-mile long fault that stretches from New York to Pennsylvania and crosses New Jersey. The ...
Scientists said the initial earthquake and related aftershocks are located near the Ramapo Fault, a 185-mile-long fault that stretches from New York to Pennsylvania and crosses New Jersey. The ...