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2023 Nepal earthquake: 5 151 5.9 China, Gansu: IX (Violent) 10.0 December 18: 2023 Jishishan earthquake: 6 21 6.5 Afghanistan, Badakhshan: V (Moderate) 187.6 March 21: 2023 Badakhshan earthquake: 7 18 6.8 Ecuador, Guayas offshore VII (Very Strong) 65.8 March 18: 2023 Guayas earthquake: 8 13 6.3 Turkey, Hatay: IX (Violent) 16.0 February 20
Officials in New York City say a 1.7 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Queens and Roosevelt Island on Tuesday morning, not an explosion.. Around 5:45am, the FDNY received reports of buildings ...
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Overall, the risk of an earthquake in the city is high from even a moderate earthquake because most of the city's aging infrastructure was built without seismic codes. [7] A 2008 study from Columbia University found that the New York area was at "substantially greater" risk of a 6 or 7 magnitude earthquake than was previously thought. [8]
Many earthquakes in the state's varied seismic history are believed to have occurred on or near it. The fault line is visible at ground level and likely extends as deep as nine miles below the surface. [93] According to a company spokesman, Indian Point was built to withstand an earthquake of 6.1 on the Richter scale. [94]
The earthquake, tentatively measured at 4.8 magnitude, shook buildings and rattled homes from Maine to Maryland, with an epicenter in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, according to the U.S ...
March 18, 2023 17:12 Near the coast of Ecuador see 2023 Guayas earthquake-2.837 -79.844 18 6.8 M w (USGS) Centered 8km NNW of Baláo, Ecuador, at a depth of 65.8km. [98] March 21, 2023 16:47 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan see 2023 Badakhshan earthquake: 36.523 70.979 21 6.5 M w (USGS) Centered 40km SSE of Jurm, Afghanistan, at a depth of 187 ...
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening at 7:15 p.m. in Long Beach, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.