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1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
Florida is tied with North Dakota as having the fewest earthquakes of any US state. [7] Because Florida is not located near any tectonic plate boundaries, earthquakes are very rare, but not totally unknown. In January 1879, a shock occurred near St. Augustine. There were reports of heavy shaking that knocked plaster from walls and articles from ...
Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [2] which is complete to December 2005. From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [3] monthly listing.
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Train collision along upper Delaware River. Official death toll is 65. 60 1886 1886 Charleston earthquake: Earthquake South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, East coast of the United States: $5,000,000–6,000,000 Massive earthquake starting in South Carolina, spreading across the East Coast of the US. 60 1966 Hurricane Inez: Tropical cyclone
In 2019, for instance, Florida recorded at least nine small earthquakes, mostly in the 2.0 magnitude range. In 2020, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Escambia County.
AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. Vol. XLVIIPalatka, Fla. Oct. 20, 1881. Aged 5 years 18 days. This grave is about 7 feet from the south fence of the yard. Godfrey Foster, born Mch. 4, 1818, died Sep. 3, 1879. This and the preceding stone near each other and nearly alike. Flora Fairbanks, daur of C. & G. Foster, died Feb. 10, 1879, aged 25 years. Marble ...
Florida’s Atlantic coast experienced a rare earthquake overnight, measuing a seafloor-shaking 4.0 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.. The quake occurred at 10:48 p.m. Wednesday ...