The East coast of the United States is now showing movement along the edge of the craton.
Multiple earthquakes have struck from the New Madrid Seismic Zone all the way to New Jersey.
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A video warning was released for the East coast United States telling those along the East coast to be ready for moderate earthquake activity.
The craton edge always shows movement to the East after heavy West coast earthquake activity. This is why the warning was issued for areas of New England -- pressure transferring Eastward causes earthquakes in rare places.
See the East coast warning video here:
As the above video explained, the pressure transfer to the East would cause new movement along the New Madrid Seismic Zone (missouri) to the East in Tennessee, and then further Northeast to New Jersey.
All this movement occurred in the past 24 hours... again proof that the pressure transfer only takes a short amount of time to travel thousands of miles distance.
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Information on this East coast earthquake from the USGS:
M2.1 - 4km NW of Ringwood, New Jersey
Magnitude/uncertainty | 2.1 ml± 0.1 |
Location | 41.130°N 74.264°W |
Depth/uncertainty | 8.4 km± 0.6 |
Origin Time | 2016-01-02 05:58:00.770 UTC |
Number of Stations | 24 |
Number of Phases | 44 |
Minimum Distance | 3.77 km (0.03°) |
Travel Time Residual | 0.26 sec |
Azimuthal Gap | 51° |
FE Region | New Jersey (472) |
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