Newly discovered fault line blamed for intensity of last April’s Big Apple quake —and could be concerning future threat
A newly found fault line with a rare slanted angle shows why an earthquake rattled New York City in April harder than its ...
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NJ fault line discovery: Explaining unusual NYC area shaking from April's earthquake
The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong and displaced shaking from April’s magnitude 4.8 ...
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New York is shook. But how can an earthquake hit in the middle of a tectonic plate?
So how did New York City and surrounding areas ... than what you learned in school. While earthquakes are most common along the fault lines of tectonic plates—of which there are seven major ...
NJ once had huge volcano in same county where new fault line resides
New Jersey was once home to a fiery volcano roughly the size of Mount St. Helens – that sits in the same county as a newly ...
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Geologists Finally Explain New Jersey’s Strange Earthquake That Rocked the Northeast in April
A new study suggests the seismic energy traveled outward from a previously unmapped fault, emanating from the hypocenter in ...
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Earthquake? New Jersey shrugs: A surprising fault line — and reaction
Analysis by the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory found the quake took place on a previously ...
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New York and beyond rattled by rare East Coast earthquake
New York and cities on the US East Coast are assessing ... said said that Friday's quake may have happened on an old fault line that had become "reactivated". "Although there are no known active ...
Geologists Shine Light on New Jersey Earthquake's 'Peculiar Behavior'
Similar quakes in the region in the future, a seismologist warned, "could maybe focus energy toward population centers." ...
Scientists say the earthquake that shook NJ in April was unusual. See what they found
April 5's earthquake did more than rock the Northeast, it upheaved a few notions on how quakes impact this region.
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Shaking from April's sizable New Jersey earthquake traveled strangely far
When a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck northern New Jersey's Tewksbury township on April 5, it triggered widespread alarm as ...
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Earthquake insurance: Do you need it?
How much earthquake insurance you need depends on a variety of factors, like the rebuild cost of your house, its location and its proximity to a fault line ... expert in New York since 2021.
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NJ fault line discovery: Explaining unusual NYC area shaking from April's earthquake
NEW JERSEY - The discovery of a new fault line may explain the unusually strong ... but the quake sent shockwaves through New York City 40–50 miles away and caused some damage in Brooklyn ...