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2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami – magnitude 9.0 earthquake, 15,850–28,000 fatalities and 6,011 injured, one fatality and unknown number of injuries in the United States; 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 ...
Logo of the ANSS. The Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) is a collaboration of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and regional, state, and academic partners that collects and analyzes data on significant earthquakes to provide near real-time (generally within 10 to 30 minutes [1]) information to emergency responders and officials, the news media, and the public. [2]
The strongest and most destructive earthquake in state history was the 1931 Valentine earthquake, [3]: 20 which had an estimated magnitude of m b 5.6–6.4. [ 4 ] : 1171 The second strongest earthquake in Texas history also occurred in West Texas, registering as a magnitude 5.7 tremor near Alpine in 1995.
The largest of the earthquakes in Oklahoma was a magnitude 4.5 near Edmond, according to the USGS. ... Reviewed M 4.2 earthquake in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma at 21:46:28 01/12 Oklahoma local time ...
Prior to this recent flurry of tremors, the last time seismic activity was recorded in South Carolina was on Sept. 1, when a 2.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded in McCormick County, state ...
A 4.8 earthquake centered in Tewksbury Township in Hunterdon County rattled Central Jersey around 10:23 a.m. Friday.
Note: The inclusion criteria for adding events are based on WikiProject Earthquakes' notability guideline that was developed for stand-alone articles. The principles described also apply to lists. In summary, only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
In September 1998, the largest earthquake in Pennsylvania occurred when a 5.2 earthquake struck the Greenville-Jamestown area in Crawford County, in the state’s northwest corner, according to ...