Map Shows Rising Home Insurance Costs ... but no reports of injuries or major damage. "Having two earthquakes along the East Coast within a week of each other a couple of hundred miles apart ...
Why it matters: Earthquakes on the East Coast travel farther than they do in ... Within minutes of the earthquake happening, USGS' "Did You Feel It" map had 150,000 responses ranging from Florida ...
A small earthquake that startled residents near Richmond, Virginia, this week is a reminder that the East Coast is not exempt from the dangers of temblors. The 2.8 quake hit about 6 miles ...
The earthquake happened at 10:22 a.m., per USGS. Shaking was reported throughout New England and even into parts of New York, Virginia, North Carolina, and other states along the East Coast.
Earthquakes are less common on the East Coast because the area does not lie on a boundary of tectonic plates — slabs of Earth's crust that slide past each other and build pressure when they get ...