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The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported that a magnitude 5.8 M w earthquake hit Virginia on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at 17:51:04 UTC (1:51 pm Eastern Daylight Time). The quake occurred at an approximate depth of 3.7 miles and was centered in Louisa County (location at 37.936°N, 77.933°W), 5 miles SSW of Mineral, Virginia and 37 miles NW of Richmond, Virginia's capital. [3]
The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt the midmorning quake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8, centered near Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, or about 45 miles (72 ...
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 ...
Earthquakes, nearly all of them minor, are not uncommon in New York state. Here are some previous quakes that rattled the Rochester region, even if only with a nudge and a wink. April 23, 2023
1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes Montana: 7.2 August 17, 1959 1959 Hebgen Lake earthquake Nebraska: 7.0 November 15, 1877 [49] Nevada: 7.3 December 16, 1954 1954 Fairview earthquake New Hampshire: 6.5 June 1, 1638 1638 New Hampshire earthquake New Jersey: 5.3 November 29, 1783 1783 New Jersey earthquake New Mexico: 6.2 November 15, 1906 [50 ...
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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 ...
On April 5, 2024, New Jersey was shook about by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that was felt 250 miles away. Could that happen in Florida? Do we get them?