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Historic Earthquakes

Between Massena, New York and Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
1944 09 05 04:38:45.7 UTC (Local 09/04)
Magnitude 5.80
Intensity VIII

Largest Earthquake in New York

Isoseismal Map

Isoseismals are based on intensity estimates from data.

Isoseismal Map

Abridged from Seismicity of the United States, 1568-1989 (Revised), by Carl W. Stover and Jerry L. Coffman, U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1527, United States Government Printing Office, Washington: 1993.