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A region’s earthquake history is the basis on which risk to nuclear power plants is determined.For example, Exelon Nuclear’s Limerick Generating Station ‘was designed to withstand the ...
While earthquakes in Pennsylvania are rare, they’re not unheard of — the strongest on record was a 5.8 magnitude quake near Pymatuning Lake in 1998, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation ...
According to Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and National Resources, the largest earthquake in the state occurred on Friday, Sept. 28, 1998, and occurred in the northwest part of the ...
A 2.8-magnitude earthquake hit a section of northeastern Pennsylvania on Tuesday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey. The earthquake was reported 10 kilometers north ...
(WHTM)– An earthquake was reported in Pennsylvania on Friday. According to Earthquake Track’s website, there was a 2.4 magnitude earthquake reported in Berks County just after 4:30 p.m. So far ...
And earthquakes on Nov. 11 and 14, 1840, were reported to have created unusually large swells on the Delaware River. PA earthquake history: See historical map of earthquakes recorded around region ...
Small Earthquake Shakes Parts Of Pennsylvania November 4, 2019 / 11:06 AM EST / CBS Philadelphia WYOMISSING HILLS, Pa. (CBS/AP) -- A small earthquake shook parts of Pennsylvania on Sunday night.
The 2008-1010 Dillsburg earthquake swarm produced nearly 4,000 tremors. Only 27 of those were large enough to register on seismographs at Millersville University and the Pennsylvania Geological ...
Pennsylvania isn't known for earthquakes, but they do happen periodically in the Commonwealth. In 2019, a 2.8 magnitude earthquake happened in East Berlin, Adams County.
Justin Allen of Horsham, Pennsylvania was getting a vasectomy when a rare earthquake struck the New York City area Friday morning — forcing the surgeon to set down his scalpel as the poor guy ...