I wrote a story on Tuesday's minor offshore earthquake and New Jersey's temblor risk for today's Asbury Park Press.
The magnitude 3.9 quake on Tuesday was centered about 120 miles off the Jersey coast (Source: U.S. Geological Survey)
If anything, the risk of a significant quake has grown since I wrote a Jan. 24, 1999, story on the issue.
Here's how that in-depth story began:
To New Jerseyans, who consider earthquakes a “left coast” threat, it may come as a shock that the region might be overdue for a damaging quake.
Fortunately, there's lots of information on the Web that can help us understand the risk and respond to it.
Here are some links:
- U.S. Geological Survey information on magnitude 3.9 earthquake east of New Jersey on Nov. 30.
- New Jersey Geological Survey information on earthquakes.
- “Earthquake Risk in New Jersey,” by Daniel R. Dombroski Jr. of the New Jersey Geological Survey.
- U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program.
- U.S. Geological Survey New Jersey Earthquake Information.
- New Jersey Office of Emergency Management earthquake information.
- Lamont-Doherty Cooperative Seismographic Network.
- “Earthquake Risks and Mitigation in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut Region.”
- Multi-Disciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency Earthquake Risk by State and Territory.
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fact Sheet on Seismic Issues for Existing Nuclear Power Plants.
