The East Coast earthquake came from a fault that's been asleep for hundreds of millions of years but suddenly reactivated
That means it came from a region of faults called the Appalachian fold-and-thrust belt, which is much more ancient and quiet ...
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Yes, NYC can have earthquakes too. Here’s how often it happens
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.