has mn ever had an earthquake?
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Minnesota is not a very tectonically active state; however, there is at least one fault zone in it, the Great Lakes Tectonic Zone, stretching from Big Stone County and Traverse County to Duluth. Seventeen earthquakes have occurred along the fault, the two largest being the Morris quake and the Staples event of 1917.
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According to Meteorological Agency of Japan (JMA), there are approximately 2000 earthquakes every year in Japan, but some years show spikes in activity. For example, 2011 saw more than 10,000 earthquakes. Tokyo, when compared to other major cities, is very seismically active.
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Studies of ground motion have led to a peak ground acceleration estimate of 0.14–0.18 g. The Alaska earthquake was a subduction zone (megathrust) earthquake, caused by an oceanic plate sinking under a continental plate. The fault responsible was the Aleutian Megathrust, a reverse fault caused by a compressional force.
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Most earthquakes happen along fault lines, or tears in the earth's crust where stresses build. ... The largest Iowa earthquake shook Davenport in 1934, and Iowans felt the most recent quake southwest of Shenandoah in 2004. Iowa was one of only four states that did not have an earthquake between 1975 and 1995.
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1995 Kobe Earthquake The earthquake occurred along the destructive plate boundary where the Pacific and the Philippine Plate (oceanic) meet the Eurasian (continental) plate. Many freeways and buildings were destroyed, despite the strict building regulations, and 5000 were killed.
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There is no such thing as "earthquake weather". ... Very large low-pressure changes associated with major storm systems (typhoons, hurricanes, etc) are known to trigger episodes of fault slip (slow earthquakes) in the Earth's crust and may also play a role in triggering some damaging earthquakes.
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"The crust is in extension during the late summer, and it's in contraction during the winter. You see that happening every single year in that location," Kraner said. "Our theory is that this seasonal component provided the final straw to this earthquake occurring," Kraner told Live Science.
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A magnitude-3.9 earthquake has hit homes in Appin and surrounding suburbs, south of Sydney, just after 1:00am. GeoScience Australia reported that the earthquake could have been felt in a 56-kilometre radius, which includes Wollongong, parts of the southern highlands and most of southern and western Sydney.
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Japan has the most recorded earthquakes in the world as it sits on a highly active seismic area, but research by the US Geological Survey suggests the answer is not quite as straightforward as it may seem.
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Earthquakes with a magnitude of 5.0 or lower occur almost daily in Indonesia, while more major earthquakes have occurred about once a year throughout the nation's history. These earthquakes often trigger tsunamis or floods that devastate communities.
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History of Earthquakes in Massachusetts The most storied earthquake in the history of the northeastern U.S. is the one that occurred about 4:30 a.m. on November 18, 1755. ... The 1755 earthquake followed an earlier strong shock that was centered near Newburyport, MA on October 29, 1727 on the Julian calendar.
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A magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Tōhoku region of Japan's Honshu island on March 11, 2011. The Great East Japan Earthquake — the name given to the event by the Japanese government — triggered a massive tsunami that flooded more than 200 square miles of coastal land.
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While most earthquakes in the Yellowstone region are in the M0–2 range, there are always a few that are M3 or higher and that are felt by people in the area. The largest quake of the past several years was a M4. 8 that occurred near Norris Geyser Basin in March 2014 and that was felt widely across the area.
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Northridge California Earthquake 1994 Summary The thrust faults along which the 1971, 1987, and 1994 earthquakes occurred are the result of a big bend in the San Andreas fault. The bend causes crumpling, or "compression" of the Earth's crust nearby, giving rise to the thrust faults.
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In July, Southern California was shaken by the largest earthquake sequence to hit the region in years, centered around a fault line in the Mojave desert, some 120 miles from Los Angeles. ... The Ridgecrest Earthquake, which involved around 20 small, previously undetected faults, seems to confirm that thinking.
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Quakes can strike near the surface or deep within the Earth. Most quakes occur at shallow depths, according to the US Geological Survey. ... Shallow quakes generally tend to be more damaging than deeper quakes. Seismic waves from deep quakes have to travel farther to the surface, losing energy along the way.