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1755 Cape Ann Earthquake

1755 CE · United States, North America · Disaster

The 1755 Cape Ann earthquake took place off the coast of the British Province of Massachusetts Bay on November 18. At between 6. 0 and 6. 3 on the Richter scale, it remains the largest earthquake in the history of Massachusetts.

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