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Earthquakes in New York City are less common than locations directly on the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary like Iceland and the Azores. The largest known earthquake in this region occurred in 1884, probably somewhere between Brooklyn and Sandy Hook, and had a magnitude of approximately 5. East Coast quakes effect a larger area than quakes of ...
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 ...
The area within 100km radius of New York City has an intermediate level of seismic activity, more than what is observed in central New York State. [11] It is not as seismically active as California which is located at a transform plate boundary, but large and damaging earthquakes do occur.
Aftershock: Earthquake in New York. Aftershock: Earthquake in New York is a 1999 miniseries that was broadcast in the United States on CBS in two parts, with the first part aired on November 14 and the second on November 16. It was released to VHS in 2000, and on DVD in 2001. It is based on a book written by Chuck Scarborough.
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.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the initial 4.8 magnitude quake was centered 7 kilometers north of Whitehouse Station, N.J., about 50 miles west of New York City, at a depth of 4.7 ...
March 19 – A 6.6 magnitude earthquake hits coast of central Chile. Felt at San Antonio, Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Santiago, and from Concepción to Coquimbo. March 19 – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Bolivia. Two people killed and damage in the Monteagudo area. Felt at Santa Cruz and Sucre.
5,000–45,000 dead 30,000 injured [ 4 ] The 1985 Mexico City earthquake struck in the early morning of 19 September at 07:17:50 (CST) with a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a maximal Mercalli intensity of IX ( Violent ). The event caused serious damage to the Greater Mexico City area and the deaths of at least 5,000 people.