New York earthquakes are rare, felt across broader area: Times when US cities felt 'strong' tremors
Reuters as saying. The earthquake centred near Whitehouse Station, was reportedly the third largest in the last 50 years and the 10th-strongest of all time in the Northeast. According to the data cited by CNN, the largest earthquake of 5.3 magnitude quake took place in Au Sable Forks, New York, in 2002.
The second largest tremor of magnitude 5.1 happened in Newcomb, New York on October 7, 1983. Meanwhile, the Associated Press (AP) cited the USGS as saying that earthquakes with magnitudes near or above 5 struck near New York City in 1737, 1783 and 1884. Friday's earthquake also stirred memories of the August 23, 2011, that had jolted tens of millions of people from Georgia to Canada.
With an epicentre in Virginia, it had left cracks in the Washington Monument and rattled New Yorkers. A 3.8 earthquake centered east of Buffalo in the suburb of West Seneca (part of western New York) in February 2023 was said to be the region's strongest quake in at least 40 years. Besides, the 1989 earthquake, that disrupted baseball's World Series and rocked San Francisco, was measured at a 6.9 magnitude, which would have made it more than 1,000 times more powerful than Friday's quake, Reuters reported.
ALSO READ: New York earthquake: Governor Kathy Hochul warns of 'possibility of aftershocks', President Joe Biden briefed The tremors, that hit near New Jersey, on Friday were reportedly felt widely from Washington, DC to New York City to New England. The region is unaccustomed to earthquakes. There have only been 24 earthquakes of 2.5 magnitude or greater in New Jersey since 1700, CNN reported.
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