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  1. The area within 100km radius of New York City has an intermediate level of seismic activity, more than what is observed in central New York State. [11] It is not as seismically active as California which is located at a transform plate boundary, but large and damaging earthquakes do occur. Furthermore, when these rare eastern U.S. earthquakes ...

  2. Apr 9, 2024 · After an unexpected magnitude 4.8 earthquake rattled the New York City area, questions abound regarding how likely it is that a major earthquake could occur there and whether the city is prepared

  3. Apr 5, 2024 · Before that, a 2.2-magnitude earthquake struck the New York metropolitan area on May 19, 2023, originating about a mile south Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County around 2am, per the United ...

    • Shaye Weaver
    • Editor, Time Out New York
  4. Apr 5, 2024 · At 10:23 a.m. on Friday, April 5, New York City was rattled by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake. You may not normally associate New York City with earthquakes, but they do occasionally happen. While ...

  5. Earthquakes in New York City are less common than locations directly on the Mid-Atlantic plate boundary like Iceland and the Azores. The largest known earthquake in this region occurred in 1884, probably somewhere between Brooklyn and Sandy Hook, and had a magnitude of approximately 5. East Coast quakes effect a larger area than quakes of ...

  6. Apr 5, 2024 · For western New York, the biggest events have been a 1929 earthquake about 25 miles east of Buffalo, with magnitude of 4.7, and events in Attica 4.3 and 4.1 magnitudes, in 1966 and 1967, respectively.

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  8. Jul 6, 2024 · How often do earthquakes occur near New York City, New York? In the past 10 years, 2 earthquakes with a magnitude of four or higher occurred within a 300 kilometer range from New York City. This averages to 0 earthquakes yearly, or one earthquake every 1825 days.

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