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Tony explains New England earthquake

History of earthquakes in the Northeast

Updated: Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012, 9:23 AM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012, 6:03 AM EDT

Believe it or not, the Northeast United States is earthquake country!

The following is from the “Northeast States Emergency Consortium”:

It does not have the high frequency of earthquakes of California, but, the Northeast has experienced damaging earthquakes in the past and they will occur again in the future.


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