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The largest known earthquake in New York City occurred in 1884, probably somewhere between Brooklyn and Sandy Hook, and had a magnitude of approximately 5. For this earthquake, observations of fallen bricks and cracked plaster were reported from eastern Pennsylvania to central Connecticut , and the maximum intensity reported was at two sites in ...
A damaging earthquake affecting New York City in 1884 was incorrectly argued to be caused by the Ramapo fault, likely because it is the most prominent mapped fault in the greater New York City area. At the present, the relationship between faults and earthquakes in the New York City area is understood to be more complex than any simple ...
August 5 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island in New York Harbor. August 10 – An earthquake measuring 5.5 M fa (based on the felt area) affected a very large portion of the eastern United States. The shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Chimneys were toppled in New York, New Jersey ...
Earthquakes are not uncommon in New York state. Here are some previous quakes that rattled the Rochester region. ... Other New York quakes. Aug. 10, 1884: New York City, magnitude 5.5. Oct. 7 ...
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August 10, 1884: An earthquake measuring 5.5 M fa (based on the felt area) affected a very large portion of the eastern United States. The shock had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Chimneys were toppled in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Property damage was severe in Jamaica and Amityville in New York.
The earthquake was the strongest in New Jersey since 1783 and the strongest felt in the New York City area since 1884.
August 10, 1884: New York: 4.9–5.5 M fa 2: August 31, 1886: South Carolina: 6.9–7.3 M w 60: 1886 Charleston earthquake: April 19, 1892: California 6.4 M L 1 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes [2] April 21, 1892: California 6.4 M L 0 1892 Vacaville–Winters earthquakes [2] October 31, 1895: Missouri 6.6 M L 0 1895 Charleston earthquake [2 ...