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6.0–6.9. 204. 5.0–5.9. 2271. ← 2010. 2012 →. This is a list of earthquakes in 2011. Only earthquakes of magnitude 6 or above are included, unless they result in damage and/or casualties, or are notable for some other reason. Smaller events in remote areas will be excluded from the list as they wouldn't have generated significant media ...
Ramapo Fault. The Ramapo Fault zone is a system of faults between the northern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont areas to the east. [ 1] Spanning more than 185 miles (298 km) in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, it is perhaps the best known fault zone in the Mid-Atlantic region, and some small earthquakes have been known to occur in its ...
On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51:04 p.m. EDT. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was 38 mi (61 km) northwest of Richmond and 5 mi (8 km) south-southwest of the town of Mineral. It was an intraplate earthquake with a maximum perceived intensity of VIII ( Severe) on the ...
NEW JERSEY - Parts of NJ were rattled by a 2.2 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.. Was there an earthquake in NJ today. The USGS says the ...
Adeja Shivonne. July 31, 2024 at 7:53 PM. NEW JERSEY - New Jersey was rattled by a 2.2 magnitude earthquake on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake happened ...
April 5, 2024 at 4:33 PM. An earthquake struck the East Coast of the United States on Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, causing buildings to shake and rattling nerves from ...
2. 2022 Ferndale earthquake [ 35] April 5, 2024. New Jersey. 4.8 M w. 0. 2024 New Jersey earthquake [ 36] Two-percent probability of exceedance in 50 years map of peak ground acceleration from the United States Geological Survey, released July 17, 2014.
New Jersey experienced a 4.8 magnitude earthquake, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Here is the science behind the cause and the Ramapo Fault.