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Session Id: 7vlij439 (Pls: 35aa2925-5cea-4134-8226-b0cb6eb3a542) An earthquake rattled the Northeastern United States on Friday morning — and a strong aftershock struck in the early evening ...
The USGS recorded 28 aftershocks following Friday’s rare earthquake, with the largest aftershock – clocking in at a 3.8 magnitude – striking Gladstone, New Jersey, 20 minutes from the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) -A 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near New York City on Friday morning, the U.S. Geological Survey said, shaking buildings up and down the East Coast and surprising residents ...
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. The moment magnitude scale ( MMS; denoted explicitly with M or Mw or Mwg, and generally implied with use of a single M for magnitude [1]) is a measure of an earthquake 's magnitude ("size" or strength) based on its seismic moment. Mw was defined in a 1979 paper by Thomas C. Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori.
A magnitude 4.8 earthquake shook the East Coast shortly after 10:20 a.m. Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. (USGS)
On November 29, 1783, at 10:50 p.m. ( UTC−5 ), a M fa 5.3 earthquake occurred in the U.S. state of New Jersey. [2] [3] It was the state's first recorded seismic event. [4] It is estimated that the quake was the largest and strongest that the state has ever recorded. [4] The earthquake caused intensity VII damage on the Mercalli intensity scale.
A rare magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled New Jersey on Friday, shaking buildings in Manhattan and sending tremors across the Northeast United States, a region unfamiliar with much seismic activity.