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The 2011 Virginia earthquake was felt by more people than any other quake in U.S. history, with tremors also being felt in Canada. [78] Several people were injured and damage was reported in the states of Virginia, the capital Washington D.C., [79] Delaware, [80] Maryland, [81] West Virginia, [82] Pennsylvania, [83] New Jersey, [84] and New ...
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An earthquake shook New Jersey, parts of New York, Philadelphia, Boston and the surrounding area Friday morning. The United States Geological Survey reported a 4.8 magnitude centered in Tewksbury ...
A FEMA map depicting earthquake hazards in the eastern U.S. Most of New Jersey is colored green, which means it can experience "shaking of moderate intensity," with the effects "felt by all, many ...
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 ...
Then an aftershock hit — a magnitude 4, according to the U. S. Geological Service. “It was terrifying,” Kolawole recalled. “It felt like a landslide.”
Scientists have yet to pinpoint the fault that ruptured in New Jersey on April 5 and rattled much of the Northeast. Now, U.S. Geological Survey researchers are in the process of installing new ...
Due to the remoteness of the area, there were few sensor stations near the earthquake and this resulted in the M W 6.0 earthquake incorrectly being split into "phantom quakes" by the system – a M W 4.8 near Lee Vining, M W 4.8 near Stockton, and M W 4.3 near Mammoth Lakes. Additionally, it took the system 25 seconds to declare an earthquake ...