1638 New Hampshire earthquake

Magnitude 6 Earthquake (June 1 1638) affecting New England USA October 2026 October 2026 1638 New Hampshire earthquake yes June 11, 1638 1–2 p.m. New Hampshire official16380611190000000 6.5±0.5 blg y IX 43.3 -71.6 inline,title British America The 1638 New Hampshire earthquake struck central New Hampshire on 11 June 1638 (1 June on the Julian calendar).Sidney Perley.The Earthquake of 1638. United States Geological Survey It was the first major earthquake to strike New England following the start of European colonization. Modern analysis places its epicenter somewhere near what is now central New Hampshire, with an estimated magnitude between 6.0 and 7.0 blg yes.Ebel J.E. Starr J.C. 2018 A Geophysical and Field Survey for the Source Region of the 1638 New Hampshire Earthquake Seismological Research Letters 89 3 1197–1211 10.1785/0220170266 2018SeiRL..89.1197E https://marybarrettdyer.blogspot.ca/2011/09/great-new-england-quake-of-1638.html The great New England quake of 1638 marybarrettdyer.blogspot.ca 7 September 2011 This makes it the largest earthquake on record in New Hampshire and New England, and the second strongest in northeastern North America after the 1663 Charlevoix earthquake. See also 1755 Cape Ann earthquake List of historical earthquakes References External links Earthquakes in New Hampshire Data (1638–1973) at Dartmouth College Library Category:1630s earthquakes Category:1638 disasters Category:Earthquakes in the United States Category:Natural disasters in New Hampshire Category:1638 in the Thirteen Colonies