Does New York have bad earthquakes?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

New York has low to moderate seismic activity compared to states on the West Coast. It does experience occasional minor earthquakes, but they are typically not as destructive as those in more seismically active regions.

Answer 6

It is not located on or near a fault line.

Answer 7

The west coast is closer to The Ring of Fire, a chain of volcanoes and faults.

(if u know what a fault is.)

Answer 8

No