Second Earthquake in 3 Days Rattles Residents Along the East Coast—A Look at Major Cities Sitting on a Fault Line
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The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated
These faults come from the collision of two continents 500 to 300 million years ago. As the continental plates crashed ...
When earthquake hit, some Maine residents ‘assumed there was an explosion,’ authorities said
Sophie Coulson, assistant professor in Earth science at the University of New Hampshire, was preparing for class when a 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of York, Maine, near what Coulson ...
Africa is splitting APART at surprising speed and could create new ocean as deep as the Atlantic, experts warn
AFRICA is splitting apart at double the speed than scientists first thought. A 35-mile-long crack in Ethiopia’s desert, first ...
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Southeast New England experiences earthquake tremors
On Jan. 27, a 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck approximately six miles south of York Harbor in Maine. It ran approximately eight miles deep but caused no fatalities or damage. The earthquake was the ...
3.8 magnitude quake hits near Portsmouth
If you thought you felt the earth move under your feet Monday morning, you were not imagining it. A rare 3.8-magnitude earthquake happened in the Atlantic Ocean 9.7 miles from Portsmouth at 10:22 a.m.
How rare was the earthquake that shook New Hampshire and Maine? Experts explain.
Experts from UNH explain how rare the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was and the likelihood of significant aftershocks.