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In January 2020, a powerful earthquake 7.7-magnitude that shook buildings in Cuba and Jamaica was felt all the way to downtown Miami. The force traveled several hundred miles to South Florida ...
The capital city of Arkansas, Little Rock, would also face damage. [4] A major natural gas pipeline is located near the fault, and could be devastated by any such earthquake. [1] Tennessee and Mississippi would possibly be affected as well. [6] In 2006, a letter to the Seismological Research Letters indicated the possible existence of a fault ...
Some maps released by the USGS are shown with peak ground acceleration with a 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, measured in Metre per second squared.For parts of the US, the National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project in 2008 resulted in seismic hazard maps showing peak acceleration (as a percentage of gravity) with a 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years.
Moderately damaging earthquakes strike between New York and Wilmington, Delaware, about twice a century, the USGS said, and smaller earthquakes are felt in the region roughly every two to three years.
Results of ongoing multi-year research on induced earthquakes by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) published in 2015 suggested that most of the significant earthquakes in Oklahoma, such as the 1952 magnitude 5.7 El Reno earthquake may have been induced by deep injection of waste water by the oil industry. "Earthquake rates have ...
Indian Rock has always had a big crack. But did Friday morning's 4.8-magnitude earthquake make it worse? People's opinions are, um, split. No, say Rockland County officials.
The intraplate earthquake measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale and its epicenter was located about 250 miles (400 km) west-southwest of Anna Maria, Florida. The event was felt throughout much of the Gulf Coast of the United States and was the second earthquake of magnitude 5 or greater in the Gulf during 2006.
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