Digital spatial data for the map "Earthquakes in and near the northeastern United States, 1638-1998"

• Main Author: Russell L. Wheeler
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: USGS Science Data Catalog 2001
• Subjects: geospatial datasets; earthquake occurrences; geoscientificInformation; Northeast, northeastern United States, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario; CA08 = Ontario; CA10 = Quebec; CA04 = New Brunswick; US23 = Maine; US33 = New Hampshire; US50 = Vermont; US25 = Massachusetts; US44 = Rhode Island; US09 = Connecticut; US36 = New York; US34 = New Jersey; US42 = Pennsylvania; US24 = Maryland; US10 = Delaware; US51 = Virginia; US54 = West Virginia; US39 = Ohio; OC13 = North Atlantic; Canada; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/6e2c28ae-af13-46f9-9eab-1e9bc61383b0

The data are those used to make a large-format, colored map of earthquakes in the northeastern United States and adjacent parts of Canada and the Atlantic Ocean (Wheeler, 2000; Wheeler and others, 2001; references in Data_Quality_Information, Lineage). The map shows the locations of 1,069 known earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or larger, and is designed for a non-technical audience. Colored circles represent earthquake locations, colored and sized by magnitude. Short descriptions, colonial-era woodcuts, newspaper headlines, and photographs summarize the dates, times of day, damage, and other effects of notable earthquakes. The base map shows color-coded elevation, shaded to emphasize relief.