I need 3 reasons why a huge earthquake wouldnt occur in NYC. I have the following points:
1) New york city doesn't lay beneath any fault lines
I also said that if an earthquake were to occur, the magnitude would be on the lower end of the ritcher scale. But how would it occur in the first place?
And, I don't have a third point.
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apparently there are 2 main reasons for an earthquake to occur (correct me if i'm wrong): volcanic activity and plate tectonics. So could I argue that there isnt any volcanic activity in NYC so there wouldnt be earthquakes?
Just to clarify i watch the movie aftershock: earthquake in new york, and i have to state whether i think that the movie was scientifically accurate or not. I said it was not and I said the reason for that were that new york is not on any fault lines. I need 2 more points as to why a magnitude 7+ earthquake would not occur in NYC. I feel like the plate tectonics are the main reason but since I have to write an essay about this later i need to have 3 points.
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