Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 1998 Pymatuning earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania on September 25 at 19:52 UTC. With a magnitude of 5.2 mb Lg , [ 1 ] [ 4 ] it was the largest recorded earthquake in Pennsylvania's history.
2012 Haida Gwaii earthquake – magnitude 7.8 earthquake with an epicenter on Moresby Island in British Columbia, the second largest Canadian earthquake ever recorded by a seismometer, over 100,000 people were evacuated to higher ground in the state of Hawai'i
M I (Johnston, 1996) Believed to be the largest earthquake ever to strike the east coast. USGS February 23, 1887 06:30 local time Liguria, Italy. 1887 Liguria earthquake. 43.78 8.07 600–3,000 6.3–7.5 M w The earthquake caused severe damage along the Ligurian coast and caused the town of Bussana Vecchia to be abandoned. [139] [140] September ...
A pie chart comparing the seismic moment release of the three largest earthquakes for the hundred-year period from 1906 to 2005 with that for all earthquakes of magnitudes <6, 6 to 7, 7 to 8, and >8 for the same period. The 2011 Japan quake would be roughly similar to Sumatra. Earthquakes of magnitude 8.0 and greater from 1900 to 2018.
The April 5, 2024 earthquake was a once-in-a-lifetime event.. The magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Tewksbury was the most significant to impact North Jersey since 1884, when an Aug. 10 earthquake ...
Thus, earthquakes represent at least a moderate hazard to East Coast cities. Earthquakes in the greater New York City area affect most of New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the United States, as well as New York City. It is difficult to discern the extent to which the Ramapo fault itself (or any other specific mapped fault in the ...
At least six earthquakes were recorded in western Stanislaus County Monday afternoon through ... Monday’s magnitude 4.5 temblor was the largest earthquake ever recorded by instruments in the ...
The earthquake occurred near the town of Au Sable Forks, NY on April 20, 2002. It was the largest earthquake to strike the region since 1988 and the biggest to be observed on regional broadband station networks. The shaking was felt in a wide region from Canada to Pennsylvania. This event had a north–south striking thrust (reverse) fault ...