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  2. 2024 New Jersey earthquake - Wikipedia

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    On April 5, 2024, at 10:23 EDT (14:23 UTC), a M w 4.8 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey, with the epicenter in Tewksbury Township.While it was felt across the New York metropolitan area, Delaware Valley, the Washington D.C metropolitan area, and other parts of the northeastern United States between Virginia and Maine, it had a relatively minor impact, with no major damage ...

  3. New fault line discovered under New Jersey may explain ...

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    October 26, 2024 at 6:44 AM. PALISADES, N.Y. — The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 quake that struck the heart ...

  4. What the New Jersey earthquake tells us about the fault ...

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    The Ramapo Fault System is the longest in the northeastern U.S., stretching from Pennsylvania to southeastern New York. Map of the Ramapo Fault System: Earthquake epicenter at Lebanon, NJ ...

  5. NJ fault line discovery: Explaining unusual NYC area shaking ...

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    October 28, 2024 at 7:42 AM. NEW JERSEY - The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 earthquake that struck the heart of ...

  6. What are aftershocks and should you prep for them in NY ... - AOL

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    A U.S. Geological Survey map shows "Did you feel it?" points from residents in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and beyond, related to a 4.8 earthquake that hit the region on April 5, 2024.

  7. 1906 San Francisco earthquake - Wikipedia

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    For the 1851 fire, see San Francisco Fire of 1851. At 05:12 AM Pacific Standard Time on Wednesday, April 18, 1906, the coast of Northern California was struck by a major earthquake with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme).

  8. New Jersey earthquake calls attention to ancient, potentially ...

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    April 5, 2024 at 7:37 PM. The fault that ruptured beneath New Jersey on Friday morning was likely an ancient, sleeping seam in the Earth, awakened by geologic forces in a region where earthquakes ...

  9. Fusakichi Omori - Wikipedia

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    Fusakichi Omori (大森 房吉, Ōmori Fusakichi, 30 October 1868 – 8 November 1923) was a pioneer Japanese seismologist, second chairman of seismology at Tokyo Imperial University and president of the Japanese Imperial Earthquake Investigation Committee. Omori is also known for his observation describing the aftershock rate of earthquakes ...