Earthquake are caused by the shifting of earth's plates. Where these plates meet is called a fault. Since there are only 7 major plates that create the earth, there are not many faults. In order for a city to experience an earthquake they must be close to a fault line. And since, New York City is not, they do not experience earth quakes.
Earthquakes are caused by the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates (sections of the earth's crust) against one another. New York does not lie near enough to a fault line (the point where tectonic plates meet) to be affected by these movements. For more information on tectonic plate, fault lines, and how earthquakes work, type, "earthquake" into Wikipedia.
Actually, hurricanes have struck the area, and will strike again. The reason they rarely strike New York (a category 3 storm strikes every 70 years) is because most hurricanes weaken as they head so far north as hurricanes need warm ocean water to provide the moisture that fuels them, and the water at New York's latitude is generally too cold to support a hurricane.
Hurricanes may weaken even more as they interact with parts of the U.S. east coast further south.
You don't usually notice earthquakes in New York, because there are no major earthquake faults nearby. If you go to the web site http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/, you can see a list of recent earthquakes around the world.
It is not located on or near a fault line.
The west coast is closer to The Ring of Fire, a chain of volcanoes and faults.
(if u know what a fault is.)
No
No. Earthquakes are possible in New York, but rare.
New York has had 16 earthquakes with magnitude range of 3.5 and greater from 1974-2003. And the largest earthquake in New York was magnitude 5.8 on May 9, 1944.
Yes. New York does occasionally get earthquakes, but they are rarely strong enough to cause any significant damage.
A small probability as New York is no where near a plate boundary or a volcano, so no major earthquakes or volcanic eruptions could happen. A minor earthquake could occur due to other reasons, however.
to create new land
No. Earthquakes are possible in New York, but rare.
In the top of haragges in new york city.
New York has had 16 earthquakes with magnitude range of 3.5 and greater from 1974-2003. And the largest earthquake in New York was magnitude 5.8 on May 9, 1944.
The buildings in New York City have no real reason to be built sturdy enough to survive earthquakes. New York is not in any real danger of earthquakes. This is because New York is in the middle of a tectonic plate. Tectonic plates make up the earth's surface, and the action of these plates rubbing against each other or colliding with each other is what causes earthquakes. A place like San Francisco, on the other hand, is on the edge of a plate, so this is the reason buildings in that area are built stronger.
Islands were volcanoes.
We have had several earthquakes in the past . I Belive Now that the population in new York is huge their would be Many deaths and with al these builduings and construction workers around us in the city we would be really safe
it can be bad if a hurricane comes but knowing the weather in new york nothing bad will most likely happen
it is fake but there could still be a few earth quakes and other natural disasters but it is not that bad and there is a small number of percentage that there will be a natural disaster in new york where i live but California has a lot of earthquakes.
very bad
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