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I didn't even know about the risk for earthquakes in South Carolina until recently. I found out about the risk in New York and Montreal through your links! I guess that finding a place with architecture built for earthquakes is more important than finding a place that isn't earthquake prone.
Well even though Ny is not know for earthquakes we have them often, well small one where people feel it a little. But we havent had a major earthquake in a long time.
^^^ New Jersey had one a few months ago. I believe in the North Central part of the State. NYC could have one. Well, more like it will. It is only a matter of times before that happens.
New York State can have earthquakes centered in the Adirondacks or in the Laurentians of Canada. There was a 5.1 in 1983, and a 5.2 in 2002. (This does not sound too big to a Californian probably, but the bedrock structure in NY is such that these are felt over a very wide area and can knock things off shelves, or damage roads close to the epicenter.)
There was a 6.0 during World War II that produced a lot of damage in the town of Massena close to the Canadian border.
Of course, earthquakes in NY do not produce fear so much as "Whee! that was COOL..."
Is there anywhere in the US that doesn't have them?
The Gulf coast area doesn't have earthquakes very frequently, and the rare ones that occur are small. There was one earthquake a couple years ago in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico that was felt in Florida. I think that it was around magnitude 6.
The Gulf coast area doesn't have earthquakes very frequently, and the rare ones that occur are small. There was one earthquake a couple years ago in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico that was felt in Florida. I think that it was around magnitude 6.
The Gulf coast area doesn't have earthquakes very frequently, and the rare ones that occur are small. There was one earthquake a couple years ago in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico that was felt in Florida. I think that it was around magnitude 6.
Exactly. Florida rarely gets earthquakes. All other areas of the country are susceptible to quakes. Southern California, coastal central and northern California, western Arizona, Nevada, portions of Washington, and Alaska having some of the highest risk.
Do you live in an earthquake prone area? If so, does the threat of earthquakes mean anything to you? If not, would you mind living in one?
I really would like to move to the Puget Sound area, but the threat of earthquakes has the potential of being a deal breaker. I'll have to sort out my priorities and get different perspectives before I make a decision. However, I assume that being in a 7.0 earthquake in parts of Seattle would have less of an effect on the number and severity of casualties than a 7.0 in Memphis because of the architecture and sense of awareness.
I just felt an earthquake about a month ago. I was having a hard time falling asleep at about 2 AM and then BAM! It felt like my bed came alive and was jumping for maybe 15-20 seconds. It was just a little guy though... 4.1. I don't live near a major fault though and have never felt a larger earthquake. But even so, they don't scare me all that much.
It's really not too big of a deal. As long as you're not in an unreinforced masonry building (we have wood houses rather than brick for a good reason... thank goodness for the former timber industry here), or not on the Alaskan Viaduct in Seattle, or not on or underneath some big, OLD bridge/overpass then you should be fine.
Plus earthquakes don't happen all that often. "The Big One" happens once every 300-500 years. The 6.0s and 7.0s only a little more often. Hurricanes and tornadoes happen EVERY SINGLE freaking year. Multiple times even. That would be harder to live with in my opinion.
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