Did you know that the largest earthquake in New Hampshire occurred in 1940, having a magnitude of 5.50. The epicenter was at Ossipee Lake, near Whittier. For comparison, the largest earthquake in California (San Andreas fault, 1857) had a magnitude of 7.9. The most recent earthquake in New Hampshire occurred on August 28, 2004. It was thirty miles NNW of Nashua with a magnitude of 2.1.
Earthquakes have sparked man's curiosity since ancient times. They have also disrupted lives, destroyed great monuments and cities and created great tidal waves. The National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC) was created to determine rapidly the location and size of potentially destructive earthquakes worldwide and to report this information immediately to the appropriate national and international agencies, scientists, and the general public. On this website, you can do such things as:
• read up all about earthquakes,
• search for earthquakes by state or by region,
• find information about the most recent earthquakes.
Another interesting site is Understanding Earthquakes. Here you can read excerpts from renowned people who have been witness to an earthquake, look at earthquake locations on a revolving globe, take an earthquake “quiz” and more….
Related Library Books:
When the Mississippi ran backwards : empire, intrigue, murder, and the New Madrid earthquakes by Jay Feldman.
A crack in the edge of the world : America and the great California earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester.