A small earthquake was found overnight in New Hampshire. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, it is a magnitude 1.5 earthquake centered about 2 miles east of Concord. The earthquake (about 6.6 miles), about 6.6 miles, hit only after 2 Amthere, without any reports of damage. Google Play>Subscribe to WMUR's YouTube Channel
Concord, New Hampshire –
A small earthquake was found overnight in New Hampshire.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, this is a magnitude 1.5 earthquake about 2 miles east of Concord.
The earthquake was about 6.6 miles deep and hit after 2 a.m.
No damage reported.
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The earthquake comes after some of the most recent discoveries: Meredith had a magnitude 1.4 earthquake at Meredith, a magnitude 1.6 earthquake in Greenland in May and a magnitude 2.0 earthquake in New Durham in April.
Of course, many people won’t soon forget the earthquake that rocked New Hampshire in January, when the 3.8-magnitude earthquake hit Portsmouth at 10:22 a.m. on January 27.
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Earthquakes in the granite state are usually small, although there are other memorable earthquakes. In 2012, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake in southern Maine shocked New Hampshire and felt it from afar from Connecticut.
In 1982, the earthquake was centered around Laconia and Sanbornton. The earthquake collapsed, the telephone pole and shocked the house, but there were no reports of injuries or major damage at the time.
Four days apart on December 20, 1940 and December 24, 1940, the most important earthquakes in the recorded history centered on New Hampshire occurred four days apart, each with the same force. Each of the 5.6-magnitude earthquakes is centered on the Osipi region.