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The small, mainland nabe of East Hampton, Connecticut is the center of a geological mystery. The town's landscape makes it prone to an anomaly of boisterous seismic activity that's been recorded ...
The area is subject to earthquakes, with an intensity VI quake occurring in 1568, [14] and numerous quakes being recorded from 1638 onwards. [15] [16] The largest earthquake recorded for Connecticut was an intensity VII quake on May 16, 1791, near Moodus. [17] [18]
The term "Connecticut" trended at No. 5 and "USGS" at No. 6. In the minutes during and after the quake, X transformed into “earthquake Twitter” as many began to call it on Friday morning ...
Earthquakes are less common on the eastern than western edges of the U.S. because the East Coast does not lie on a boundary of tectonic plates. But 13 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or stronger have ...
1979 Imperial Valley earthquake – magnitude 6.4 earthquake with an epicenter less than 1 km inside Mexico – significant damage and injuries on both sides of the border (60 in the US) 2010 Baja California earthquake (Mexico near S California) – magnitude 7.2 earthquake, 4 fatalities and 100 injuries, none in the United States
In the nineteenth century, Moodus was the “Twine Capital of America,” with twelve mills in operation. [4] In the winter of 1773, American patriot Nathan Hale briefly taught in a one-room schoolhouse in East Haddam which is now a living history museum operated by Connecticut Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
An agricultural community in Imperial County experienced a 4.8 earthquake and more than 180 smaller aftershocks. A midnight 4.8 earthquake followed by a cluster of aftershocks rocks the El Centro area
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 ...