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Both an earthquake and sonic boom shook parts of the Treasure Coast Wednesday night and early Thursday morning.. About three hours apart, the magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck at about 10:48 p.m ...
A search of USGS records dating to 1900 shows the region of ocean where the quake occurred has had only one other earthquake: A 3.3 magnitude quake on June 11, 2001, centered 86 miles off Saint ...
September 3, 2016 2016 Oklahoma earthquake Oregon: 8.7–9.2 January 26, 1700 1700 Cascadia earthquake Pennsylvania: 5.2 September 25, 1998 1998 Pymatuning earthquake Puerto Rico: 8.0–8.3 May 2, 1787 1787 Boricua earthquake Rhode Island: 4.7 June 10, 1951 [54] South Carolina: 6.9–7.3 August 31, 1886 1886 Charleston earthquake South Dakota: 4.5
In 2019, for instance, Florida recorded at least nine small earthquakes, mostly in the 2.0 magnitude range. In 2020, a 4.4 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Escambia County.
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.
Earthquake locations are taken from the Centennial Catalog [1] and the updated Engdahl, van der Hilst and Buland earthquake catalog, [2] which is complete to December 2005. From January 2006, earthquake locations are from the United States Geological Survey's Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) [3] monthly listing.
The last major seismic event underneath a highly populated area — the magnitude 6.7 Northridge earthquake — is now 30 years old. ... there's just one or two of those earthquake sequences; the ...
Earthquake magnitudes are based on data from the USGS. Seismic activity during the year 2024 was much lower than the rest of the 21st century, with only 100 earthquakes exceeding magnitude six, the lowest since 1982. [1] There were also no earthquakes exceeding ≥M8 for the third year in a row.