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How common is East coast earthquak
by moomoo11 3y ago
How common is East coast earthquak
- ssijak 3y agovery rare
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- klysm 3y agoI've lived on the east coast for 25 years and experienced 2 that were noticeable.
- asveikau 3y agoI lived there for the first 23 years of life and experienced zero. I felt left out when I missed the 2011 one.
- xkcd-sucks 3y agoPretty common, but small and rarely noticed [0]. Probably lots of construction and geotechnical engineering wouldn't have survived anything significant at least in the Northeast [0] https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=38.03944,-79.33228&extent=45.75219,-63.86353&range=search&showUSFaults=true&baseLayer=terrain&timeZone=utc&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%221900-01-01%2000:00:00%22,%22maxlatitude%22:42.816,%22minlatitude%22:41.2,%22maxlongitude%22:-69.593,%22minlongitude%22:-73.592,%22minmagnitude%22:0,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D
- pixl97 3y agoIt is very uncommon that they are very strong, but they can be rather severe when a big one occurs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1886_Charleston_earthquake