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New Madrid fault and earthquake-prone region considered at high risk today. The 1811–1812 New Madrid earthquakes were a series of intense intraplate earthquakes beginning with an initial earthquake of moment magnitude 7.2–8.2 on December 16, 1811, followed by a moment magnitude 7.4 aftershock on the same day.
A small earthquake could be felt early Saturday morning near Alliance. According to the United States Geological Survey, a magnitude 3.0 earthquake was detected at 4:42 a.m. on Saturday.
On January 31, 1986, at 11:46 EST (03:46 UTC), an earthquake of M b 5.0 struck 40 kilometres (25 mi) east of Cleveland, Ohio, and about 17 kilometres (11 mi) south of the Perry Nuclear Power Plant. [ 1] The earthquake was felt over a broad area due to its location. Parts of the US such as the District of Columbia, and parts of Ontario, Canada.
The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ), sometimes called the New Madrid Fault Line, is a major seismic zone and a prolific source of intraplate earthquakes (earthquakes within a tectonic plate) in the Southern and Midwestern United States, stretching to the southwest from New Madrid, Missouri . The New Madrid fault system was responsible for the ...
The earthquake originated roughly four miles southeast of Madison, Lake County, and could be felt as far away as Akron, Lorain and Erie, Pennsylvania. Northeast Ohio shook by 3.6 magnitude ...
The 1968 Illinois earthquake (a New Madrid event) [ 4] was the largest recorded earthquake in the U.S. Midwestern state of Illinois. Striking at 11:02 a.m. on November 9, it measured 5.3 on the Richter scale. [ 5] Although no fatalities occurred, the event caused considerable structural damage to buildings, including the toppling of chimneys ...
Aug. 28—Some Western Pennsylvanians may have felt trembles from a Sunday night earthquake in the Cleveland area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was reported near Madison ...
A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck Vanuatu on December 2, at a depth of 34.1 km. [155] A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck Zohan, Iran on December 5, at a depth of 5.6 km, with 9 people dead or missing. [156] [157] A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the coast of Honshu, Japan on December 7, at a depth of 36.1 km.