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1940 New Hampshire earthquakes

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estimated at 5.5 and a Mercalli intensity of VII, and spawned waves of minor damage. There were reports of fractured pipes, walls, and furniture, as well as "fallen plaster" near the epicenter. The number of chimneys damaged totaled 20, in addition to fallen ones. The earthquake caused damage to
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fault zone. The extent of the earthquake is not firm, at least in the state, as the population was composed largely of colonial settlers who had left the east coast. The 1663 earthquake felled chimneys, oscillated houses, and threw
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wells, turning the water brown and displayed strength by movement, causing five monuments to shift from their original position at a cemetery, and moving one old house in the village of
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were the largest to hit the state in several hundred years. Damage included minor fractures or knocked over chimneys in a zone extending through New Hampshire and four other states:
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While not known for earthquakes, New Hampshire has been dotted with both major and minor events. Two examples of strong earthquakes occurred in the 17th century. One was the
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roughly 12 inches (30 cm). The earthquake additionally shifted objects as heavy as stoves. Aftershocks of the earthquake occurred over the next several months.
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struck on December 20 and again on December 24. Both shocks had an estimated
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Devlin, J. J.; Langguth, L. C.; Arringdale, R. L. (1942),
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Reports of the 1940 earthquake extended as far north as
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indicates earthquake resulting in at least 30 deaths
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Quakes in east bigger puzzle than those on west coast
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Seismicity of the United States, 1568–1989 (Revised)
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Archived from 625: 590: 14: 2367:Earthquakes in the United States 1584:Earthquakes in the United States 859:Seismological Society of America 817:Seismological Society of America 775:Seismological Society of America 378:magnitude of 5.6, and a maximum 32: 25: 1172:(7.2 & 7.5, June 8 & 9) 700:United States Geological Survey 663:United States Geological Survey 332: 745:Gutenberg & Richter (1954) 367:1940 New Hampshire earthquakes 17:1940 New Hampshire earthquakes 1: 552:"Dateful Time Zone Converter" 534:"Dateful Time Zone Converter" 459:, Massachusetts, Vermont and 510:List of earthquakes in 1940 2398: 896:, Thatcham, United Kingdom 420:1663 Charlevoix earthquake 2245:2018 Southern Appalachian 1535: 875:10.1029/TR022i002p00405-1 833:10.1029/TR022i002p00405-2 741:Stover & Coffman 1993 646:Stover & Coffman 1993 614:Stover & Coffman 1993 576:Stover & Coffman 1993 21: 2377:History of New Hampshire 1633:1812 San Juan Capistrano 975:Earthquakes in the 1940s 761:Billings, M. P. 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Index

1940 New Hampshire earthquakes is located in New Hampshire
UTC
Doublet earthquake
ISC
901740
901745
ANSS
mN
MGR
mN
MGR
43°50â€ČN 71°17â€ČW / 43.83°N 71.28°W / 43.83; -71.28
New England
MMI VII (Very strong)

Isoseismal map
Ms
Mercalli intensity
doublet earthquakes
Maine
New York
Vermont
Massachusetts
1638 earthquake
1663 Charlevoix earthquake
Saint Lawrence River
pewter
Massachusetts Bay
Montreal
Quebec

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